Aircraft accidents on the North Yorkshire Moors - 1943.

Compiled by R M Allenby 2002-8

DateAircraftSerial No. & Sqdn CodeBaseUnitCrash location (Click for info)
20/01/1943Beaufighter MkVIcT5299Catfoss2 OTUWesterdale
31/01/1943Lancaster MkIIIED481 WS-NWaddington9 SqdnHawnby Hill
03/02/1943Wellington MkIIIBK184 BT-?Hixon30 OTURobin Hoods Bay
12/02/1943Wellington MkIIIBJ778 ZL-ACroft427 SqdnBlack Intake Moor
08/03/1943P47-C Thunderbolt41-6384 MX-?Goxhill82nd Ftr Sqn, 78 Ftr Gp, USAAFCloughton Moor
28/04/1943Beaufighter MkIfR2152Catfoss2 OTUUrra Moor
05/05/1943Halifax MkIIJD105 ZA-KMelbourne10 SqdnHood Hill, Sutton Bank
22/06/1943Beaufighter MkVIfV8812 ??-RScorton417 Sqdn / USAAFWesterdale
14/07/1943Halifax MkIIJD174 EQ-ALeeming408 SqdnArden Hall, Hawnby
05/09/1943Halifax MkVDG402 OO-GRufforth1663 HCUFarndale
28/09/1943Halifax MkVEB181Croft1664 HCUKepwick Bank
07/10/1943Lancaster MkIIDS724 EQ-XLinton On Ouse408 SqdnSpaunton
13/11/1943Warwick ASR.1.BV336 YF-PThornaby280 SqdnSleights Moor
16/12/1943Lancaster MkIIDS737 EQ-C "THE COUNTESS"Linton on Ouse408 SqdnMurton Common, Hawnby
17/12/1943Lancaster MkIIDS832 QO-KEast Moor432 SqdnDanby Beacon
21/12/1943Oxford MkIP9041 3Y-?Castle Bromwich / Wrexham577 SqdnMurton Common, Hawnby

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