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 incidents sadly lost their lives later in the War in other incidents elsewhere. Airmen known to have been killed in other incidents I have indicated "(+)". Any known awards these airmen were awarded after their incident on the Moors has also been included.
11th February 1940 - Hudson N7294 - Great Ayton.
Air Gunner - LAC Atholl Barker RAF (524142). (+)22/11/1943, 7 Sqn, Lancaster JB155. Buried Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.
17th April 1940 - Hudson N7231 - Lythe.
Pilot - F/O Ronald Nicholas Selley RAF (39689). Later DFC. (+)5/3/41 224 Sqn. Cremated Warriston, Edinburgh.
Pilot - P/O Lloyd Bennett RAF (43194), Later DFC and Bar. Survived War.
Wireless Operator - AC Benjamin Lloyd-Jones RAF (625097). (+)5/8/41 220 Sqn. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
Air Gunner - LAC Hopkins. No further details.
1st May 1940 - Wellington R3154 - Thorgill.
Pilot - F/O Augustus Rodney Gibbes RAF (40048). Later DFC. (+)16/8/1943. 142 Sqn, Wellington HE266. Commemorated Malta Memorial.
Observer - Sgt Lionel Miller Peterson RAF (550669). (+)23/8/42. 159 Sqn, Liberator AL537. Commemorated Alamein Memorial.
Wireless Operator - LAC Gerald Cecil William Stone RAF (533644). Later MiD. (+)27/8/42. 156 Sqn, Wellington X3367, buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Air Gunner - AC1 Thomas Braidwood Moir RAF (629157). Later DFM. Survived War.
5th August 1940 - Magister P2493 - Sneaton.
Pilot - Sgt William Albert Peacock RAF(AAF) (808268). (+)11/9/1940. 46 Sqn, Hurricane V7232. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
4th September 1940 - Whitley P4967 - Nether Silton.
Pilot - F/Lt Dennis Brndon Geoffrey Tomlinson RAF (37989). Later DFC. (+)2/6/1942. 10 OTU, Whitley Z6581. Buried Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery, Holland.
Second Pilot - P/O Kenneth Douglas Brant RAF (81655). Later DFC. (+)26/6/41. 21 OTU, Whitley N1379. Buried Durrington Cemetery, Worthing. SEE P4961.
Observer - Sgt Wilfred Campbell Walters RAF (581003). PoW 24/7/1942, Halifax L9512. Later MiD 30th December 1947.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Patrick Joseph Hughes RAF (619106). Later AFM. Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Angus Jack McIntosh RAFVR (966647). PoW 9/9/1940, Whitley P4961.
21st September 1940 - Whitley P4957 - Cold Kirby
Pilot - Pilot - Sgt Victor Snell RAFVR (745231). (+)1/10/1940. Whitley T4130. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Second Pilot - Sgt John Eustace Rowlett RAFVR (741334). (+)16/01/1940. Whitley T4220. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
Observer - P/O Roy Stanley Boast RAFVR (81066). Later DFC, OBE and CBE. Survived War.
Wireless Operator - Sgt Robert Edward Nicholson RAF (611204). PoW 1/10/1940. Whitley T4130.
Air Gunner - Sgt Alexander Strachan Shand RAF (630244). PoW 1/10/1940. Whitley T4130.
21st October 1940 - Whitley T4171 - Ingleby Greenhow.
Air Gunner - Sgt Robert Ernest Langfield RAF (614301). Survived War.
21st October 1940 - Whitley P4961 - Cold Kirby.
Pilot - P/O Kenneth Douglas Brant RAF (81655). Later DFC. (+)26/6/41. 21 OTU, Whitley N1379. Buried Durrington Cemetery, Worthing. SEE P4967.
Second Pilot - Sgt Noel Thomas Harvey Scott RAFVR (748284). Later AFC. Survived War.
Observer - Sgt H R Wemyss RAF (755677). Later Kings Commendation. Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Donald Boyd-Stevenson RAF (621788). Later DFC. Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Alexander Millar RAFVR (902583). Later MiD. (+)156 Sqn, Lancaster ND534. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
3rd December 1940 - Whitley T4207 - Cold Kirby.
Pilot - Sgt Gosling. Probably Sgt Ronald Albert Gosling RAFVR (745881)). Later MiD and DFC. Survived War.
Pilot - P/O Jack Gordon Kerry RAFVR (84325). Later DFC. (+)5/10/42, 35 Sqn, Halifax W1047. Buried in Lille Southern Cemetery, France.
Observer - Sgt Reginald Denis Kirby RAFVR (759233). (+)12/5/1941. 58 Sqn, enemy action. Buried Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Wireless Operator - Sgt Patrick William Kenealy Crisp RAF (509318). Later DFM. Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt John Grange Uff RAF (654690). Later DFM. Survived War.
15th December 1940 - Whitley T4138 - Snilesworth.
Pilot - P/O Hayden Hugh James Miller RAF (43041). Later OBE, AFC, DFC and MiD. Survived War.
Pilot - Sgt Douglas Henry Gilbert RAF (748210). PoW 15/2/1941, 77 Sqn, Whitley T4164.
Observer - Sgt Gordon Thorpe RAF (581481). Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Albert Edward Hammond RAF (535641).(+)9/7/1941, 35 Sqn, Halifax L9521. Buried Uden War Cemetery, Holland.
22nd January 1941 - Hudson T9371 - Osmotherley.
Pilot - Sgt Clifford Smith RAF (741069). Probably did not fly again because of injuries.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Thomas Joseph McHugh RAF (653675). (+)6/8/1941, 220 Sqn, Hudson AM583. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
19th March 1941 - Whitley P5055 - Cold Kirby (undamaged landing).
Pilot - Sgt Charles Robertson MacDonald RAFVR (758139). Later DFC & DSO with 78 Squadron. Survived War.
Second Pilot - Sgt George Bertram Lewis RAF(AAF) (805396). (+)8/7/1941, 10 Sqn, Whitley Z6627. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
Observer - Sgt Henry Richards George RAFVR (759205), (+)19/6/41, 78 Sqn, Whitley Z6661. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Douglas Albert Miner RAFVR (965937), (+)30/5/42, 76 Sqn, Halifax W1065. Buried Viroflay New Communal Cemetery, France.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Leonard Charles Hall RAFVR (941556). Later DFM & DFC with 161 Squadron. Survived War.
20th March 1941 - Hurricane P2887 - Whitby.
Pilot - Sgt Lancelot Wolfram Roy Rogers RAFVR (921992). (+)15/2/1944, (unit unknown) Oxford LW776. Buried East Grinstead, Mount Noddy Cemetery.
19th May 1941 - Hurricane P3772 - Hole of Horcum.
Pilot - Sgt William Jeffrey Metherall RAAF (400151). (+)16/5/1942, 450 Sqn, Kittyhawk AK604. Buried Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.
1st July 1941 - Hurricane W9150 - Egton Bridge.
Pilot - Sgt Harry Lewis Gill RCAF (R/64935). Later DFM. (+)17/1/1943, 607 Sqn, (unknown aircraft). Buried Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh.
9th July 1941 - Whitley Z6491 - Kepwick Moor.
Pilot - Sgt Bernard Thomas McColl Jones RAAF (400090). Survived War.
Pilot - Sgt Vivian John Moorfoot RAFVR (1051804). Later MiD. Survived War.
Observer - Sgt Smythe. No further details.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Beaton. No further details.
Air Gunner - Sgt Jones. No further details.
18th July 1941 - Blenheim L1449 - Bransdale Moor.
Pilot - P/O Edward James Woodhead RAF (66608). Survived War.
30th September 1941 - Whitley Z6871 - Danby.
Pilot - P/O David Bernard Delany RAFVR (63472). Later AFC and MiD. Survived War.
Observer- Sgt Philip Leonard Newell Trehearn RAFVR (947664). (+)14/4/1942. 102 Sqn, Halifax R9488. Buried Rhyl Town Cemetery, Wales.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Charles Miller RAFVR (970515). Later DFM. Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Ronald Gayler RAFVR (1356736). Later DFC. Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt Clifford Carr RAFVR (1378971). (+)7/12/1942. 102 Sqn, Halifax W7924. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
8th October 1941 - Hurricane V7168 - Whitby.
Pilot - Sgt John Bernard Hurley RCAF (R/74321). Survived War.
16th November 1941 - Hampden P1152 - Westerdale.
Pilot - Sgt William John Young RAFVR (778478). (+)15/12/1942, 50 Sqn, Hampden AE380. Buried Oostende New Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Navigator - Sgt Donald McGregor Symes RAFVR (1175877). (+)12/2/1942, 50 Sqn, Hampden AT177. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Alexander Russell Bernard RAFVR (1004002). (+)12/1/1942, 50 Sqn, Hampden AE250. Buried Beath Eastern Cemetery, Fifeshire, Scotland.
16th January 1942 - Wellington W5493 - Snilesworth.
Wireless Operator - Sgt William John Hegan RCAF (R/60855). Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt James Anthony Upham RAF (612251). PoW 8/5/1942, 158 Sqn, Wellington Z8600.
27th February 1942 - Hudson "L" (Possibly T9376) - Liverton Moor.
Crew - Names unknown. No further details.
28th February 1942 - Spitfire W3656 - Helmsley.
Pilot - P/O William Thomas Edward Rolls DFM RAF (116492). Later DFC 126 Sqn. Survived War.
23rd June 1942 - Oxford N6379 - Hole of Horcum.
Pilot - P/O Reginald Arthur Adams RAF (120400). Later DFC 515 Sqn. Survived War.
5th August 1942 - Oxford R6155 - Upsall Moor / Boltby Bank.
Pilot - P/O Albert Victor Barraclough RAFVR (124382). Survived War.
Pilot - Sgt Ronald Howard Willis RAFVR (1335799). Later DFM 7 Sqn. Survived War.
15th September 1942 - Defiant N3501 - Hackness.
Air Gunner - Sgt Alec Charles Walters RAAF (405255). Later DFC 466 Sqn. Survived War.
1st October 1942 - Halifax W7776 - Goldsborough.
Pilot - WO Franciszek Zaremba PAF (P/780216). (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773. Buried Vestre Gravlund (Western Cemetery), Norway.
Navigator - F/O Mariusz Wodzicki PAF (P/76627). DFC. (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773. Buried Vestre Gravlund (Western Cemetery), Norway.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/O Franciszek Pantkowski PAF (P/1571). DFC. (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773. Buried Vestre Gravlund (Western Cemetery), Norway.
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt Zdzislaw Nowinski PAF. Survived War. No further details.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Czeslaw Kozlowski PAF (P/784220). (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773. Buried Vestre Gravlund (Western Cemetery), Norway.
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Tadeusz Madejski PAF (P/780420). (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773. Buried Vestre Gravlund (Western Cemetery), Norway.
14th October 1942 - Lancaster W4233 - Bilsdale.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Harry Scattergood RAF (542849).
Wireless Operator - Sgt Lawrence Sidney James Hamblett RAFVR (1187564). Later DFM. Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt Ernest Charles Hawkins RAFVR (1315038). Later DFM. Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt Edmund Thornley Lund RAFVR (994674). (+)20/5/1944. 7 Sqn, Lancaster ND736. Buried Pas-de Calais Cemetery, France.
6th November 1942 - Halifax DT525 - Wass.
Pilot - Sgt Jacques George Mills RCAF (R/88215). Later DFC with 78 Sqn. Survived War.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Robert Grey RAF (534199). (+)13/5/1943. 78 Sqn, Halifax JB924. Buried Barradeel (Wijnaldum) Cemetery, Holland.
Wirelss Operator - Sgt Lloyd George Masterson RCAF (R/84399). Survived War.
Bomb Aimer - Sgt Charles Murray Edgehill RAFVR (1173753). PoW 7/9/1943 Halifax JD454.
18th December 1942 - Defiant N3458 - Cold Kirby.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner(?) - Possibly Sgt George Osmond Pitcher RAF (332458).
3rd February 1943 - Wellington BK184 - Robin Hoods Bay.
Pilot - Sgt James King RAFVR (991044). Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt Albert Lewis Payne RAFVR (1577810). (+)13/6/43. 100 Sqn, Lancaster W4989. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Navigator - Sgt Ronald Lewis Howarth RAFVR (1132279). (+)13/6/43. 100 Sqn, Lancaster W4989. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Bomb Aimer - Sgt Ralph Blackton Butler RAFVR (1577781). (+)13/6/43. 100 Sqn, Lancaster W4989. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O George May RAFVR (129022). (+)13/6/43. 100 Sqn, Lancaster W4989. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
8th March 1943 - P47 41-6384 - Cloughton Moor.
Pilot - Flight Officer Warren Elliott Graff USAAF (T/190479). Survived War.
5th May 1943 - Halifax JD105 - Sutton Bank.
Pilot - F/Sgt Roy Hamilton Geddes RAAF (401939). (+)29/6/1943, 10 Sqn, Halifax HR697. Buried Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
Flight Engineer - Sgt William Alexander Dunbar RAF (614225). Later DFM. (+)21/1/1944, 10 Sqn, Halifax HX165. Buried Hannover War Cemetery, Germany.
Air Gunner - Sgt Kenneth Hart RAFVR (1432995). No info.
22nd June 1943 - Beaufighter V8812 - Castleton.
Navigator - Flight Officer Joseph John Hendershott USAAF. Service number unknown.
14th July 1943 - Halifax JD174 - Arden Hall.
Pilot - F/O Donald Thomas Bain RCAF (J/20912). Later DFC. Survived War.
Flight Engineer - Sgt James Joseph Connolly RAF (619879). PoW 9/10/1943, 405 Sqn, Lancaster JA980.
Navigator - Sgt Ernest Henry Wood RCAF (R/123641). Later DFC. Survived War.
Bomb Aimer - P/O Philip John Ashworth Magson RCAF (J/20912). (+)24/8/1943, 405 Sqn, Halifax HR918. Buried Berlin War Cemetery, Germeny.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt George Warburton Acorn RCAF (R/112252). (+)4/12/1943, 405 Sqn, Lancaster JB222. Buried Berlin War Cemetery, Germany.
Air Gunner - Sgt John Irvin Labow RCAF (R/96223). (+)31/3/1944. 408 Sqn, Lancaster LL633. Buried Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.
Air Gunner - Sgt Willard Melvin Haugen RCAF (R/114914). (+)18/8/1943, 405 Sqn, Halifax HR817. Buried Kiel War Cemetery, Germany.
28th September 1943 - Halifax EB181 - Kepwick.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Charles Francis West RAFVR (1330246). (+)24/4/1944, 425 Sqn, Halifax MZ525. Buried Abney Park Cemetery, London.
7th October 1943 - Lancaster DS724 - Spaunton.
Pilot - F/Sgt John Douglas Harvey RCAF (R/141147). Later DFC. Survived War.
Flight Engineer - Sgt H J Branton. (Possibly Henry John Branton RAFVR (1604002)). No further details. Survived War.
Navigator - Sgt Eric James Hurd RCAF (C/18877). Later DFC. Survived War.
Bomb Aimer - F/O Stephen William Dempsey RCAF (J/21039). Later DFC. Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O George Ernest Ray Butchart RCAF (J/18341). Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt Stanley Enos Campbell RCAF (R/160645). Later DFC. Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt K L Davison RCAF. No further details. Survived War.
16th December 1943 - Lancaster DS737 - Murton.
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Lloyd John Yeo RCAF (R/163585). Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Leslie Arthur Morgan RAFVR (1338678). Survived War.
17th December 1943 - Lancaster DS832 - Danby.
Pilot - F/O Hubert Barker Hatfield RCAF (J/20156). Survived War.
Pilot - F/Lt John Allardyce Allen RCAF (J/6643). (+)3/1/1944, 432 Sqn, Lancaster DS739. Buried Berlin War Cemetery, Germany.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Alfred Clarence Phillips RAFVR (1604824). PoW 28/4/1944 Halifax LW592.
Navigator - F/O Joseph Layton Higgs RCAF (J/14169). Survived War.
Bomb Aimer - F/O George John Smith RCAF (J/21564). (+)1/5/1944, 405 Sqn, Lancaster JA976. Buried Webbekom Churchyard, Belgium.
Wireless Operator - Sgt William Henry Poole RAFVR (1386694). Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt Robert Anthony Hutchinson RAFVR (1533378). (+)14/1/1944. 432 Sqn, Lancaster DS850. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Alexander Morvan McGregor RCAF (R/163716). (+)19/4/1944. 432 Sqn, Halifax LW643. Buried Clichy Northern Cemetery, France.
21st December 1943 - Oxford P9041 - Murton.
Pilot - Sgt Tadeusz Mioduchowski PAF (P/794371). Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt L? Reed RAF. No further details.
29th January 1944 - Halifax HX281 - Cowesby.
Pilot - F/Sgt Jack Eldin Mitchell RCAF (R/139775). Later DFC. Survived War.
Flight Engineer - Sgt George Lumsden RAFVR (1590538). Survived War.
Navigator - F/O John Kenneth Shedden RCAF (J/22076). Later DFC. Survived War.
Bomb Aimer - F/O Rodney Denis Wilson RCAF (J/24328). Survived War.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - WO2 Stuart McDougall RCAF (R/90809). Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt John Francis McDonough RCAF (R/187569). Survived War.
12th April 1944 - Halifax LW614 - Hackness.
Air Gunner - Sgt Donald Stuart Morrison MacNeil RCAF (R/207301). Survived War.
20th June 1944 - Tiger Moth (serial ?) - Easington.
Crew - Names unknown. No further details.
23rd June 1944 - Halifax JD106 - Rudland Rigg.
Air Gunner - P/O Leonard Burnie Lemon RCAF (J/39863). Survived War.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Robert William Lochhead Lucas RAFVR (1553296). Survived War.
14th August 1944 - Mosquito KB269 - Egton.
Pilot - F/Lt Hugh Colin Kimpton RNZAF (NZ.401391). Survived War.
Navigator - F/O Myrddin Walkins RAFVR (144445). Later DFC. Survived War.
4th December 1944 - Halifax LW278 - Thirlby.
Air Gunner - Sgt Ronald Bosley RAFVR (1405723). Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgt Norman Wilson RAFVR (2218709). Survived War.
14th January 1945 - Halifax MZ466 - Cold Kirby.
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Robert Octave Custeau RCAF (R/81725). Survived War.
31st January 1945 - Liberator 42-51193 - Hutton Buscel.
Flight Engineer - T/Sgt Harry Walter Storicks USAAF (32757654). Survived War.
Right Waist Gunner - S/Sgt Phillip Wayne Corliss USAAF (16139615). Survived War.
15th March 1945 - Halifax NR287 - Scawton.
Flight Engineer - Sgc Henri Sciolette FFAF. Survived War.
Air Gunner - Sgc Maurice Tillier FFAF. Survived War.
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