On 31st December 1943 the crew of this aircraft were undertaking a fuel consumption test during the early afternoon. The crew and the aircraft were attached to No.301 Ferry Training Unit (or F.T.U.) based Lyneham and were a unit set up to train aircrew prior to ferrying their aircraft overseas. This aircraft failed to return to base and was recorded as missing. It was not until 11th January 1944 that the wreckage of the Beaufighter was found on high ground in the region of Kinmont Buckbarrow and Buckbarrow and the two crew had been killed in the crash.

Pilot - F/Lt Hubert Stuart Ray RAFVR (104522), aged 21, of Whitburn, Buried Mere Knolls Cemetery, Sunderland, Durham.

Navigator - F/O John Penrose Angold RAF (47098), aged 34, wife of Mickleham, Surrey. Buried Westcott New Churchyard, Surrey.

The aircraft is believed to have crashed in this area.

John Angold was the son of Herbert Edward and Henrietta Evelyn Angold. He was the husband of Katharine Rosemary Lynch Odhams, of Mickleham, Surrey and they had two children. He had gained a Bachelor of Arts degree and was a reasonably well known poet of his day. He received his commission to the rank of (Acting) P/O on probation (emergency) on 7th November 1941 (with seniority of 15th September 1941) in the Admin and Special Duties Branch of the RAF. He was graded as P/O on probation on 7th January 1942 and later promoted to F/O on probation (war subs) on 1st October 1942. He is listed on the East Grinstead Hospital "Guinea Pig" Roll as being under treatment there from 12th May 1942 having being hit in the face at Middleton St.George while sawing a branch off a tree resulting in him sustaining fractures to his face bones. This treatment must have been successful as he later returned to active service but relinquished his rank in this Branch on 8th June 1943 on transfer to the General Duties Branch of the RAF as P/O. He was later promoted to F/O (war subs) on 8th December 1943.