Aircraft accidents on the North Yorkshire Moors - 1940.

Compiled by R M Allenby 2002-8

DateAircraftSerial No. & Sqdn CodeBaseUnitCrash location (Click for info)
03/02/1940Heinkel He111H-3W/Nr 2323 1H+FMSchleswig4/KG26Bannial Flat Farm, Ruswarp
11/02/1940Hudson MkIN7294 NR-EThornaby220 SqdnCaptain Cooks Monument, Great Ayton
21/03/1940Blenheim MkIL1117 FK-?Catterick219 SqdnBransdale Moor
17/04/1940Hudson MkIN7231 NR-?Thornaby220 Sqdnnear Whitby
01/05/1940Wellington MkIcR3154 KO-QMarham115 SqdnThorgill, Rosedale
16/07/1940Lysander MkIIN1205 FY-?Linton on Ouse4 SqdnGoldsborough
05/08/1940Miles MagisterP2493Digby46 SqdnSneaton, Whitby
11/08/1940Junkers Ju88A-1W/Nr 2086 7A+KHStavanger & Aalborg1F/121Newton Mulgrave
04/09/1940Whitley MkIP4967 ZA-JLeeming10 SqdnNether Silton
06/10/1940Hampden MkIX2920 QR-?Hemswell61 SqdnRosedale
07/10/1940Lysander MkIIIR9056 FY-?Linton on Ouse4 SqdnCarlton in Cleveland
21/10/1940Whitley MkVT4171 GE-OLinton on Ouse58 sqdnIngleby Greenhow
01/11/1940Junkers Ju88A-1W/Nr 7089 4D+TSGilze Rijen8/KG30Glaisdale
03/12/1940Whitley MkVT4207 GE-DLinton on Ouse58 SqdnCold Kirby
15/12/1940Whitley MkVT4138 KN-HTopcliffe77 SqdnArden Great Moor, Snilesworth

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