11 Squadron Spitfire Crash. Japan. July 14 1946. FL/Lt Quick killed

[pml518]

Hello

Is any one able to supply please any details and which aircraft for the above crash.

Thanks very much
Paul

[Alex Smart]

Hello Paul,

Could find nothing in "Final Landings" or "Broken Wings".

Two early accidents were 26/01/46 - NM819 and 07/02/46 - SM887.
And
Two later accidents were 12/12/46 - NM817 and 15/01/47 - TZ115.

First two - Malaya, second two Japan.

Good Hunting
Alex

[Oldduffer]

Can I ask if the death of Flt Lt Quick is a 'confirmed aircraft accident' for which you are seeking aircraft details or is it a death which might be the result of an air accident but equally could be something else?

I also can't find a Spitfire on the date given but have found some gaps in Spitfire losses in the Accident Cards held at RAF Museum Hendon.

May I suggest the Form 540 or a quick call to the squadron (before it disbands finally - not flying anymore) might help.

Old Duffer

[paulmcmillan]

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2815980

QUICK, DESMOND O'CONNOR (CHUNKY)

First time I have seen a nickname on CWGC!

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

Just a little more on F/Lt Quick.

A.

Extract from No.266 Sqn ORB:

17th March (1945). No ops. Weather unsuitable. Stood by for a T 1 T show. A few air tests carried out. Flying Officer Desmond Quick* of Bulawayo joined the squadron.

B.

Appendix 3: Roll of Honour - Second World War.

No.: 160257 (771098)
Rank: Flt Lt
Name/Initials/Awards: QUICK Desmond O'Connor Chunky. D O C.
Date of Death: 14/7/1946
Sqn or Unit/Crew position/A/C Type & Number: 11 Sqn./Pilot/Spitfire TR MK XIV.
Raid on Target: u/k
Other information: DOAS ("DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE"). Originally buried KURE TEMPORARY CEMETERY. Buried YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Brit Sec Plot R Row B Grave A. Yokohama War cemetery is four and a half nm west of the city of Yuenchi-Dori Hodogaya Ward. Date and place of birth unknown.

See:
A Pride of Eagles:The Definitive History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920-1980.
Salt,Beryl.
Weltevredenpark:Covos Day Books,2001.
A. p.257
B. p.781

* Not to be confused with Lt D QUICK SAAF, who flew with No.184 Sqn.

See: http://184squadron.com/index.html

And FCL3/160

Col.

[pml518]

Thank you for your replies.
I am looking at the Log Book of FL/Lt John Tayleur who was with 11 Squadron based at Miho in Japan. His entry for July 15 1946 lists flypast (Spitfire NH866) over the grave of F/O Quick at Kure. I have assumed it was an air accident that killed him but it may not have been.

Thanks
Paul

[Oldduffer]

In those days, the funeral of any squadron member would probably have warranted a flypast, so I suggest that Quick's death might not have resulted from an aircraft accident. Illness, accidental death, even murder could be the cause.

I still think the Form 540 will reveal all.

O-D