Post-War Roll of Honour - North Yorkshire Moors area.

Below is a list of all those who lost their lives in Post-War aircraft crashes on the North Yorkshire Moors. Compiled by R M Allenby.


26 July 1946 - Wellington BJ884 - Appleton-le-Moors.

Pilot - W/O Henryk Szwedowski RAF, aged 45, of Poland. Buried Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.

Passenger - Cadet William Anthony (Tony) Lain, aged 17, of 110 City of York ATC. Buried York Cemetery.

Passenger - Cadet Robert Hall, aged 16, of 116 Archbishop Holgate Grammer School ATC. Cremated Leeds.


26 July 1946 - Spitfire SL676 - Appleton-le-Moors.

Pilot - Fl/Lt Stanley McAndrew RAF, aged 26, of London. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (sect G, row L, grave 14).


8 November 1946 - Mosquito NT266 - Pockley Moor.

Pilot - Sqdn Ldr Noel D Hallifax RAF, aged 27, of Warren Mayfield, Sussex. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (sect G, row M, grave 14).

Trainee Navigator - F/O Roy E Chater RAFVR, aged 21, of Sidcup, Surrey. Cremated Mitcham, South London.


13 February 1949 - Spitfire PK617 - Commondale.

Pilot - P/O Kenneth R Jeffery RAF, aged 24, of Linthorpe, Middlesborough. Buried ?


20 June 1951 - Meteor WA877 - Scalby.

Pilot - Sgt John A Martin RAF, aged 21, of Westminster, London. Buried Newton On Ouse, Yorkshire.


29 September 1952 - Meteor WH472 - Swainby.

Pilot - P/O Alan E Aggett RAF, aged 24, of Newton Abbott. Buried ?


27 October 1952 - Meteor VW268 - Bilsdale.

Pilot - P/O John M Dill, aged 19, of Barton I. Buried ?


21 September 1954 - Sabre XD733 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - F/O Colin A Grabham, aged 23, of Dover. Buried ?


27 August 1955 - Meteor WH249 - Snilesworth.

Pilot - F/O Peter C Kendrick RAF, aged 28, of Mansfield, Notts. Buried Kirkby Wharfe Cemetery, Yorkshire.


10 February 1960 - Proctor G-ALUJ - Great Ayton.

Pilot - Mr John Michael S Proctor. Aged 34, of Keithley. Buried ?


14 September 1966 - Jet Provost XP616 - Helmsley.

Pilot - Sub Lt Derek Breen RN, aged 21, of Washington, County Durham. Buried ?


21 September 1978 - Bulldog XX530 - Cockayne.

Pilot and Instructor - Fl/Lt John David (Jack) Piercy RAF, aged 30, of Surrey. Buried.

Student Pilot - Midshipman Mark Simon RN, aged 19, of Dartford. Buried.