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.


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

Pilot - W/O Henryk Szwedowski RAF (P/780120), aged 45, of Poland. Buried Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.

Passenger - Cadet William Anthony (Tony) Lain (1796), aged 17, of 110 City of York ATC. Buried York Cemetery.

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


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

Pilot - F/Lt Stanley McAndrew RAF (48716), aged 26, of London. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (sect G, row L, grave 14).


8th November 1946 - Mosquito NT266 - Pockley Moor.

Pilot - S/Ldr Noel D Hallifax RAF (33404), 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 (194286), aged 21, of Sidcup, Surrey. Cremated Mitcham, South London.


13th February 1949 - Spitfire PK617 - Commondale.

Pilot - P/O Kenneth R Jeffery RAF(Aux) (2686064), aged 24, of Linthorpe, Middlesborough. Cremated Darlington, Co.Durham.


20th June 1951 - Meteor WA877 - Scalby.

Pilot - Sgt John A Martin RAF (3504636), aged 21, of Westminster, London. Buried Newton On Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.


29th September 1952 - Meteor WH472 - Swainby.

Pilot - P/O Alan E Aggett RAF (579702), aged 24, of Ipplepen, Newton Abbott. Buried St Andrews Churchyard, Newton Abbott, Devon.


27th October 1952 - Meteor VW268 - Bilsdale.

Pilot - P/O John M Dill RAF (2521918), aged 19, of Stratford, Manchester. Buried Southern Cemetery, Manchester.


21st September 1954 - Sabre XD733 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - F/O Colin A Grabham RAF (4047162), aged 23, of Dover. Burial location unknown.


27th August 1955 - Meteor WH249 - Snilesworth.

Pilot - F/O Peter C Kendrick RAF (2224186), aged 28, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Buried Kirkby Wharfe Cemetery, Yorkshire.


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

Pilot - Mr John Michael Stockdale Proctor. Aged 34, of Rawden, Keithley, Yorkshire. Burial location unknown.


18th October 1962 - Slingsby T21b glider - Carlton Moor.

Pilot - Mr Alan Pratt. Aged ? Of ? Burial location unknown.


14th September 1966 - Jet Provost XP616 - Helmsley.

Pilot - Sub Lt Derek Breen RN, aged 21, of Washington, County Durham. Burial location unknown.


1st May 1968 - Slingsby Skylark glider BGA1002 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Name unknown. Believed killed.


20th July 1970 - EON Olympia 2b glider BGA995 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Victor Wright. Aged ? Of ? Burial location unknown.


16th October 1970 - EON Olympia 2b glider BGA537 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Name unknown. Believed killed.


19th July 1976 - LET L-23 Blanik glider BGA1825 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Micheal Kneale. Aged ? Of ? Burial location unknown.


21st September 1978 - Bulldog XX530 - Cockayne.

Pilot and Instructor - F/Lt John David (Jack) Piercy BSc RAF (2616559), aged 30, of Surrey. Buried Ampleforth RC Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Student Pilot - Midshipman Mark Simon RN (C025993D), aged 19, of Dartford, Kent. Burial location unknown.


27th July 1979 - Phantom RF.4c 68-0560 - Lealholm.

Pilot - Major Donald Lee Schuyler USAF, aged 33. Burial location unknown but thought to be in the USA.

Navigator - Lt Thomas Wheeler USAF, aged 25, of Baker City, Oregon, USA. Burial location unknown but thought to be in the USA.


16th August 1987 - Slingsby T59d Kestral glider BGA1984 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Dick Stoddart. Burial location unknown.


16th August 1987 - Glaser-Dirks DG101g Elan glider BGA3202 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Alister Sheridan. Burial location unknown.


25th August 1991 - Grol G-102 Astir glider BGA2437 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Paul Raynor (or Rayne). Aged 40. Burial location unknown.


15th December 2004 - Brock KB2 Gyrocopter G-BUYT - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr David Chaplin, aged 61, of Borrowby, Thirsk. Burial location unknown.


30th August 2006 - Slingsby Dart glider BGA1166 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Barry Thompson, aged 54, of Langdale, Bedfordshire. Died of injuries. Burial location unknown.


2nd October 2006 - Schleicher ASW-19b glider BGA3752 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Peter Heywood, aged 48. Burial location unknown.