Wellington off Whitby

On the 15th of January 1942 this aircraft took off from Stradishall at 17.40hrs for Ops to Hamburg. For some reason the aircraft drifted too far north on its return and it was presumed to have crashed into the North Sea off Whitby killing all on board.

Two bodies were recovered, one was buried at Thornaby on Tees Cemetery after being washed ashore near Redcar. The other was buried at Driffield after being washed ashore at Cloughton Wyke near Scarborough. The rest of the crew have no known grave.

Pilot - F/Sgt Edward E Hale RCAF, aged 25, of Canada. Buried Thornaby On Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Pilot - Sgt George J Peck RCAF, aged 22, of Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.

? - P/O Henry J Woodrow RNZAF, aged 27, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. Commemmerated on the Runnymede Memorial.

? - F/Sgt William J Elders RCAF, aged ? Of ? Commemmerated on the Runnymede Memorial.

? - Sgt Joseph B Myers RAFVR, aged 27, of Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire. Commemmerated on the Runnymede Memorial.

? - Sgt Arthur L Lax RAFVR, aged 25, of Hornsea, Yorkshire. Commemmerated on the Runnymede Memorial.

The gravestones of the two airmen who's bodies were recovered.