There is a writeup of both these crashes in ‘Tirpitz, The Halifax Raids’ by Nigel Smith – Air Research 1994 – ISBN 1-871187-27-3
R9438 H/35 ‘are believed by more than one member of the Squadron to have crashed as a result of a simple error. The Kollsman number setting on the altimeter had to be adjusted as the barometric pressure altered during the flight and warnings to do so were broadcast when necessary. It is presumed the crew omitted to make the critical adjustment and ended up believing that they were flying higher above the surface than in fact they were. However, they may have been unable to, through lack of fuel or through damage, to maintain height at the cruticial moment’..
A witness at the time said “most of one wing and an engine were on top of the cliff, the rest of the plane on the beach below. Obviously Bushby had banked sharply when Fitful Head loomed through the dawn haze, and he almost made it”
It also covers the recovery of Sgt Merediths body and ALSO THAT OF Sgt Peach that both their subsequent ‘burial’ services – The latter by an RAF Padre
(It also covers the recovery of S-Sugar in Hendon!)
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