Canberra WT328 - Crash At Shoreham May 1956
Prompted by the success of the post by Deepestsouth about the crash of a Valient in 1959 I though I would make a similar search for info into the crash of a Canberra B(I)8 from B Sqn at Boscombe Down on the 7th May 1956.
I am the nephew of the pilot Sqn Ldr M R Alston who was killed along with his nav, Flt Lt V D Hall.
I have seen the BoI report which stated that the ac flew into the sea off Shoreham whilst carrying out a low level radar altimeter trial and that pilot error and unsuitable wx (poor horizon/mist patches) was the probable cause.
As my uncle died before I was born I would be interested in some of the more "human" sides to this story particuarly if anyone knew him or served elsewhere with him. He was in Burma during WW2 and flew Spitfires and later Mustangs.....
Many thanks. MB