Survivors of Wartime North Yorkshire Moors aircraft crashes.

Below is a list of all airmen known to have survived Wartime aircraft crashes inside the North Yorkshire Moors area. As fate would have it, many who survived these sadly lost their lives later in the War in other incidents elsewhere. Airmen known to have been killed in other incidents I have indicated "(+)", airmen who's fate is unsure I have prefixed a "(?)" and airmen known to have survived the War do not have a prefix.

Key : P = Pilot, N (Obs) = Navigator (Observer), FE = Flight Engineer, BA = Bomb Aimer / Air Bomber, AG = Air Gunner, WOp = Wireless Operater.

11 February 1940 - Hudson N7294 - Great Ayton.

AG - LAC Atholl Barker RAF. Killed 22 Nov 1943, F/O, 7 Sqdn, , of Bradford, buried Hanover War Cemetery.

18 April 1940 - Hudson N7231 - nr Whitby.

Crew unknown.

1 May 1940 - Wellington R3154 - Thorgill.

P - F/O Augustus R Gibbes RAF. Killed 16 Aug 1943. Wing Commander DFC, aged 28, husband of Joan M Gibbes, of Northbridge, NSW, Australia. Commemerated on the Malta Memorial.

? - Sgt Peterson RAF.

? - LAC Stone RAF.

AG - AC1 Moir RAF.

5 August 1940 - Magister - Sneaton.

Crew unknown.

4 September 1940 - Whitley P4967 - Nether Silton.

P - Fl Lt Dennis Geoffrey Tomlinson RAF, (37989)

P - P/O Kenneth D Brant RAFVR. Killed 26 June 1941. DFC, of Worthing, buried Durrington Cemetery, Worthing.

? - Sgt W O Walters RAF.

? - Sgt P Hughes RAF.

? - Sgt A McIntosh RAF.

21 October 1940 - Whitley T4171 - Ingleby Greenhow.

AG - Sgt Robert E Langfield RAF.

3 December 1940 - Whitley T4207 - Cold Kirby.

P - Sgt Gosling.

? - P/O Kerry.

? - Sgt Kirby.

? - Sgt Crisp.

? - Sgt Uff.

15 December 1940 - Whitley T4138 - Snilesworth.

P - P/O Hayden H J Miller RAF (43041). Surivived the War.

P - Sgt D H Gilbert RAF.

Obs - Sgt G Thorpe RAF.

WOp/AG - Sgt Albert E Hammond RAF. Killed 9 July 1941, F/Sgt, buried Uden War Cemetery.

22 January 1941 - Hudson T9371 - Osmotherley.

P - Sgt C Smith RAF.

WOp/AG - Sgt Thomas J McHugh RAF. Missing 6 Aug 1941, F/Sgt, of Finsbury Park, Middlesex. Commemerated on the Runnymede Memorial.

20 March 1941 - Hurricane P2887 - Whitby.

P - Sgt L W Rogers. (Possibly Lawrence W Rogers, killed 22 Oct 1941, Observer, 12 Sqdn, aged 20, of East Grinstead, buried East Grinstead, Mount Noddy Cemetery.)

19 May 1941 - Hurricane P3772 - Hole of Horcum.

P - Sgt William J (Bill) Metherall RAAF. Killed 16 May 1942, P/O, aged 23,of Inverloch, Victoria, Australia, buried Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma.

1 July 1941 - Hurricane W1950 - Egton Bridge.

P - Sgt Harry Lewis Gill RCAF. Killed 17 Jan 1943, Warr Off, DFM, 607 Sqdn, aged 20, of Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada, buried Maynamati War Cemetery.

9 July 1941 - Whitley Z6491 - Kepwick Moor.

P - Sgt Bernard Thomas McColl Jones RAAF. Of St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. Survived the War.

rest of crew unknown.

30 September 1941 - Whitley Z6871 - Danby.

P - P/O D B Delaney RAF.

Obs- Sgt Philip L N (Len) Trehearn RAFVR. Killed 14 Apr 1942, 102 Sqdn, buried Rhyl Town Cemetery.

WOp/AG - Sgt Charles Miller RAF, of Edinburgh.

WOp/AG - Sgt Ronald Gayler RAFVR.

AG - Sgt Clifford Carr RAFVR. Missing 7 Dec 1942, F/Sgt, 102 Sqdn, aged 30, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Commemerated on the Runnymede Memorial.

8 October 1941 - Hurricane V7168 - Whitby.

P - Sgt J B Hurley RCAF.

16 November 1941 - Hampden P1152 - Westerdale.

P - Sgt William J Young RAFVR. Killed 15 Dec 1942, 50 Sqdn, aged 20, of Fort Jameson, Northern Rhodesia. Buried Oostende New Communal Cemetery.

N - Sgt Donald M Symes RAFVR. Missing 12 Feb 1942, 50 Sqdn, aged 19, of Newton Abbott, Devon. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

WOp/AG - Sgt Alexander R Bernard RAFVR. Killed 12 Jan 1942, 50 Sqdn, aged 21, of Kelty, Scotland. Buried Beath Eastern Cemetery.

16 January 1942 - Wellington W5493 - Snilesworth.

? - Sgt Regan RAF.

AG - Sgt Upham RAF.

23 June 1942 - Oxford N6379 - Hole of Horcum.

P - P/O Reginald A Adams RAF.

15 August 1942 - Oxford R6155 - Boltby Bank.

Crew unknown.

15 September 1942 - Defiant N3501 - Hackness.

AG - Sgt Alec C Walters RAAF (405255). Survived the War.

1 october 1942 - Halifax W7776 - Goldsborough.

P - W/O Franciszek Zaremba PAF. Killed 30 Oct 1942, aged 28.

N - F/O Mariusz Wodzicki PAF. Later awarded the DFC. Killed 30 Oct 1942, aged 27.

WOp/AG - F/O Franciszek Pantkowski PAF. Later awarded the DFC. Killed 30 Oct 1942, aged 24.

BA - F/S Zdzislaw Nowinski PAF. He survived the War, moved to Detriot USA and became a well known poet and painter and possibly died in 1981.

FE - Sgt Czeslaw Kozlowski PAF. Killed 30 Oct 1942, aged 33.

AG - F/S Tadeusz Madejski PAF. Killed 30 Oct 1942, aged 24.

14 October 1942 - Lancaster W4233 - Bilsdale.

FE - Sgt H Scattergood RAF.

WOp - Sgt Lawrence Sidney James Hamblett RAF.

AG - Sgt Ernest Charles Hawkins RAF.

AG - Sgt Edmund T Lund RAFVR. Killed 20 May 1944, F/O, 7 Sqdn, aged 29, of Nelson, Lancashire. Buried Marquise Communal Cemetery.

6 November 1942 - Halifax DT525 - Wass.

P - Sgt J G Mills RAF.

FE - Sgt Robert Grey RAF. Killed 13 May 1943, Fl/Lt, 78 Sqdn, aged 25, of Ashington, Northumberland. Buried Barradeel (Wijnaldum) Cemetery.

BA - Sgt L G Masterton RAF.

WOp - Sgt C M Edgehill RAF.

18 December 1942 - Defiant N3458 - Cold Kirby.

WOp/AG - Sgt Pitcher RAF.

21 December 1942 - Wellington DF624 - Stokesley.

P - Sgt John H Black RCAF. Killed 5 Mar 1943, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Buried Sutton on the Forest Cemetery, Yorkshire.

N - Sgt A Napier. (Possibly Fl Lt Arthur E Napier RAFVR, killed 14 Aug 1944, aged 23, 164 Sqdn, of Worley, Worcs, husband of Violet Napier. Buried Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.

BA - Sgt Peter G Rothera RAFVR. Killed 4 July 1943, F/Sgt, 429 Sqdn, of South Tottenham, Middlesex. Buried Bergen-Op-Zoom Cadaian War Cemetery.

WOp/AG - P/O Peter S Bastian RAFVR. Killed 26 Mar 1943, 429 Sqdn, Buried The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery.

WOp/AG - Sgt J H West RAF.

AG - Sgt R G Moore RAF.

3 February 1943 - Wellington BK184 - Robin Hoods Bay.

P - Sgt J King RAF.

N - Sgt Payne RAF.

? - ok.

? - ok.

8 March 1943 - P47 41-6384 - Cloughton Moor.

P - Warren E Graff USAAF.

5 May 1943 - Halifax JD105 - Sutton Bank.

P - F/Sgt Roy H Geddes RAAF. Killed 19 June 1943, aged 22, P/O of Mildura, Victoria, Australia. Buried Jonkerbos War Cemetery.

FE - Sgt William A Dunbar RAF. Killed 21 Jan 1944, buried Hannover War Cemetery. He was awarded a DFM but it was not promulgated until 1 June 1945.

AG - Sgt K Hart RAF. Possibly F/Sgt Kenneth G Hart RAF, killed 2 May 1947, aged 30, husband of Doris Hart, of Romford, buried Romford Cemetery.

22 June 1943 - Beaufighter V8812 - Westerdale.

N - Flt Off Hendershot USAAF.

14 July 1943 - Halifax JD174 - Arden Hall.

P - F/O Donald T Bain RCAF.

FE - Sgt J J Connolly RAF.

N - Sgt E H Wood RAF.

BA - P/O P J Madson RAF.

WOp / AG - Sgt George W Acorn RCAF. Killed 4 Dec 1944, aged 20, 405 Sqdn, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Buried Berlin War Cemetery.

AG - Sgt John I Labow RCAF. Killed 31 Mar 1944, aged 25, 408 Sqdn, of Beachburg, Ontario, Canada. Buried Durnbach War Cemetery.

AG - Sgt W M Halken RAF.

28 September 1943 - Halifax EB181 - Kepwick.

WOp - Sgt Charles F West RAFVR. Killed 24 April 1944, aged 22, of Leyton, Essex. Buried Abney Park Cemetery, London.

7 October 1943 - As a result of Lancaster DS724 - Spaunton.

P - F/Sgt J D Harvey RCAF.

FE - Sgt H J Branton RCAF.

N - Sgt E J Hurd RCAF.

BA - F/O S W Dempsey RCAF.

WOp - P/O G R Butchart RCAF.

AG - Sgt S E Campbell RCAF.

AG - Sgt K L Davison RCAF.

16 December 1943 - Lancaster DS737 - Murton.

WOp/AG - F/Sgt Lloyd J Yeo RCAF, of Lemburg, Saskatchewan, Canada.

AG - Sgt L A Morgan RAF.

17 December 1943 - Lancaster DS832 - Danby.

P - F/O H B Hatfield RCAF.

P - F/L John A Allen RCAF. Killed 3 Jan 1944, aged 23. Married to Honor Allen of Paddington, London. Buried Berlin War Cemetery.

FE - Sgt A Phillips RAF. (Possibly one of afew with the same initals, he may have been killed later in the War.)

N - F/O J Higgs RCAF.

BA - F/O G J Smith RCAF. Possibly a Fl Lt George J Smith, killed 1 May 1944, 405 Sqdn, buried Webbekom Churchyard.

WOp - Sgt W H Poole RAF.

AG - Sgt Robert Hutchinson RAFVR. Killed 14 Jan 1944, aged 20. 432 Sqdn, husband of Margaret Hutchinson, of Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Herts. Buried Reichwald Forest War Cemetery.

AG - F/Sgt Alexander M McGregor RCAF. Killed 19 April 1944, P/O, 432 Sqdn, aged 29. Of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried Clichy Northern Cemetery.

21 December 1943 - Oxford P9041 - Murton.

P - Sgt I Mioduchowski PAF.

WOp/AG - F/Sgt L Reed RAF.

29 January 1944 - Halifax HX281 - Cowesby.

P - F/Sgt Jack E Mitchell RCAF.

? - Sgt G Lumsden. (Possibly a F/O Graham M Lumsden RAAF, killed 18 Jan 1945, 605 Sqdn RAF.)

N - F/O John K Shedden RCAF.

? - F/O R D Wilson RCAF.

? - WO2 S McDougall RCAF.

? - Sgt J F McDonough RCAF.

12 April 1944 - Halifax LW614 - Hackness.

AG - Sgt D McNeil.

20 June 1944 - Tiger Moth (serial ?) - Easington.

Crew unknown.

14 August 1944 - Mosquito KB269 - Egton.

P - F/L Hugh C Kimpton RNZAF - survived the War and returned to New Zealand where he still resides.

N - F/O M Wilkins RAF. (Watkins in Chorley's book).

4 December 1944 - Halifax LW278 - Thirlby.

? - Sgt R Bosley RAF.

AG - Sgt N Wilson RAF.

14 January 1945 - Halifax MZ466 - Cold Kirby.

AG - F/Sgt Robert Octave Custeau RCAF, of Three Rivers, Quebec.

31 January 1945 - Liberator 42-51193 - Hutton Buscel.

Flt Eng - T/Sgt Harry W Storicks USAAF.

Right Waist Gunner - S/Sgt Phillip W Corliss USAAF.

15 March 1945 - Halifax NR287 - Scawton.

FE - Sgc M Sciolette FFAF,

AG - Sgc A Tilliers FFAF, though died later I am told, although I can not find any record of his death as yet.

6 September 1945 - Tiger Moth N6793 - Spaunton Moor.

P - F/Sgt J S Carter RAF.

N - Sgt P W Barsby RAF.

This list was compiled using various sources, Bill Chorley's Bomber Command Losses books, CWGC, the London Gazette and 1837online being the main ones, although other websites have been consulted.