Wellington near Sawley, near Fountains Abbey.

On the 11th of April 1943 the crew of this aircraft took off from Pershore at 21.15hrs to undertake a night time navigation exercise. Whilst on the flight and without warning the aicraft dived into the ground at 01.30hrs in Fountains Park, near Foal Cote, and between the villages of Sawley and Markington. The aircraft struck a fairly substantial tree just prior to hitting the ground. All those on the aircraft died in the crash. The cause was never discovered.

Pilot - F/Sgt Frank E Rogers RCAF (R131020), aged 19, of Port Colbome, Ontario, Canada. Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Nav - F/Sgt Joseph O T A A G Toupin RCAF (R117511), aged 27, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Nav - F/Sgt Alexander N MacLellan RCAF (R135643), aged 27, of New York City, U.S.A. Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

AB - Sgt Richard A Killham RCAF (R136318), aged 20, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

WOp/AG - Sgt Donald H Smith RCAF (R127875), aged ? Of Elfros, Sask, Canada. Buried Warwick Cemetery (Sec 104, grave 10).

AG - F/Sgt Anthony A Dorzek RCAF (R135853), aged ? Of Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

F/Sgt Rogers RCAF. This airman's brother, F/O Frederick L Rogers RCAF was killed some weeks after his brother, serving with 428 Sqdn he failed to return from a raid on Hamburg.

F/Sgt Toupin RCAF.

In June 2007 Ken Reast showed me the site of where this aircraft crashed, nothing remains on the surface today. He had located the site some years ago. A new fence had just been erected around the field and I found a peice of the aircraft in a heap of soil next to one of the new posts.