Post-War Roll of Honour - Ryedale Area.

Compiled by R M Allenby.

Below is a list of all those who lost their lives in the Ryedale area in Post-War aircraft crashes.


6th June 1945 - Halifax ????? - Clifton Airfield.

Apprentice electrician - Mr George Simpson, aged 14, of York. Buried ?


8th June 1945 - Halifax JP203 - Clifton.

P - F/Lt Ian J A Cruickshanks RAFVR, aged 26, of ?, buried Leamington Milverton Cemetery.

FE - F/Sgt Victor H Clare DFM RAFVR, aged 20, of Acton, Middlesex, buried Fulford Cemetery, York.


29th January 1946 - Mosquito NT241 - East Moor Airfield.

N - Ft Lt Kenneth I Thornton DFC, aged 23, of Stanmore, Middlesex, buried Bells Hill Burial Ground, Hertfordshire.


24th July 1946 - Wellington BJ895 - Wykeham.

P - WO Roland Harrison RAFVR, aged 25, of High Wycombe, buried High Wycombe.

AG - F Sgt Peter Ingram RAFVR, aged 22, of Fulham, buried Fulham.

WOp/Mech - W/O John Forest Armstrong RAFVR, aged 21, of Middlesborough, cremated Darlington.

? - F/Lt John Cristopher Haldon RAFVR, aged 26, of Chideock, Dorset. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.

AG - WO Frederick Charles Stiff RAFVR, aged 34, of Hartest, Suffolk. Buried Hartest, Suffolk.


9th November 1946 - Mosquito NT809 - Sutton under Whitestone Cliff.

P - P/O Micheal J Smith-Pearse RAF, aged 20, of Andover, Hants, buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.

P - P/O Phillip G Norton, aged 19, of West Hagley, buried West Hagley, Worcestershire.


6th May 1951 - Meteor WE933 - New Earswick.

P - Sgt Kenneth John Hodgson RAF, aged 26. Of ? Buried ?


4th March 1952 - Meteor VT326 - Settrington.

P - P/O Peter Barton Brown RAF, aged 19, of Northwood, Middlsex. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.


9th September 1952 - Meteor WA922 - Coxwold.

P - P/O Colin Petty, aged 26, of ? Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.


9th August 1954 - Meteor WK936 - Wombleton Airfield.

P - F/O Terence A Smith, aged 21. Of ? Buried ?


15th June 1955 - Meteor VT263 - Cayton.

P - P/O Jorn D Walz, aged 20, of Heidelberg, Germany, buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.


3rd January 1966 - Jodel Paris-Nice G-ATGX - Wombleton Airfield.

P - Mr Raymond Watson, aged 40, of Crosby, Maryport, Cumberland. Buried ?


18th May 1968 - Jet Provost XN588 - North Grimston.

P - Midshipman Geoffrey Maxwell RN, aged 20, of Liverpool. Buried ?


30th May 1974 - Chipmunk G-AMUG - Yedingham.

P - Mr Geoff Garnett, aged 37, of Northallerton, Yorkshire. Buried ?


29th June 2006 - Piper Aztec G-BBEY - Thirkleby.

P - Mr Frank Walker, aged 64, of Silsden, West Yorkshire. Buried ?