Survivors of Wartime North Yorkshire Moors aircraft accidents.

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.

18th April 1940 - Hudson N7231 - nr Whitby.

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.

Wireless Operator - AC Benjamin Lloyd-Jones RAF (625097), (+)5/8/41 220 Sqn. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Air Gunner - LAC Hopkins.

1st May 1940 - Wellington R3154 - Thorgill.

Pilot - F/O Augustus Rodney Gibbes RAF (40048). DFC, (+)16/8/1943. 142 Sqn, Wellington HE266. Commemorated on the Malta Memorial.

? - Sgt Peterson RAF.

? - LAC Stone RAF.

Air Gunner - AC1 Thomas Braidwood Moir RAF (629157)? DFM?

5th August 1940 - Magister P2493 - Sneaton.

Pilot - Sgt William Albert Peacock RAF(AAF) (808268). (+)11/9/1940. 46 Sqn, Hurricane V7232. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

4th September 1940 - Whitley P4967 - Nether Silton.

Pilot - F/Lt Dennis Brndon Geoffrey Tomlinson RAF (37989). DFC, (+)2/6/1942. 10 OTU, Whitley Z6581. Buried Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery, Holland.

Second Pilot - P/O Kenneth Douglass Brant RAF (745247). DFC, (+)26/6/41. 21 OTU, Whitley N1379. Buried Durrington Cemetery, Worthing.

? - Sgt W O Walters RAF.

? - Sgt P Hughes RAF. Possibly P A Hughes RAF (33410) and made PoW.

? - Sgt Angus J McIntosh RAF (966647). Made PoW.

21st October 1940 - Whitley T4171 - Ingleby Greenhow.

Air Gunner - Sgt Robert Ernest Langfield RAF (614301). Survived War.

3rd December 1940 - Whitley T4207 - Cold Kirby.

Pilot - Sgt Gosling.

Pilot - P/O Jack Gordon Kerry RAFVR (84325). 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). DFM, survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt John Grange Uff RAF (654690). DFM, survived War.

15th December 1940 - Whitley T4138 - Snilesworth.

Pilot - P/O Hayden Hugh James Miller RAF (43041). OBE AFC DFC. Survived War.

Pilot - Sgt D H Gilbert RAF (748210). PoW, 15/2/1941, 77 Sqn, Whitley T4164.

Observer - Sgt G Thorpe RAF (581481).

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 C Smith RAF (741462?).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Thomas Joseph McHugh RAF (653675). (+)6/8/1941, 220 Sqn, Hudson AM583. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

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). 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 "Jack" Moorfoot RAFVR (1051804), survived War.

Observer - Sgt Smythe,

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Beaton,

Air Gunner - Sgt Jones,

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). Survived War.

Observer- Sgt Philip Leonard Newell "Len" Trehearn RAFVR (947664). (+)14/4/1942. 102 Sqdn, Halifax R9488. Buried Rhyl Town Cemetery, Wales.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Charles Miller RAFVR (970515). DFM. Survived War.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Ronald Gayler RAFVR (1356736). DFC. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt Clifford Carr RAFVR (1378971). (+)7/12/1942. 102 Sqn, Halifax W7924. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

8th October 1941 - Hurricane V7168 - Whitby.

Pilot - Sgt J B 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 on the 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 J Hegan RCAF (R/60855). Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt James A Upham RAF (612251). PoW 8/5/1942, 158 Sqn, Wellington Z8600.

27th February 1942 - Hudson (serial unknown) - Liverton Moor.

Crew - Names unknown.

28th February 1942 - Spitfire W3656 - Helmsley.

Pilot - P/O William Thomas Edward Rolls DFM RAF (116492). DFC. Survived War.

23rd June 1942 - Oxford N6379 - Hole of Horcum.

Pilot - P/O Reginald Arthur Adams RAF (120400). DFC. Survived War.

15th August 1942 - Oxford R6155 - Upsall Moor / Boltby Bank.

Crew - Names unknown.

15th September 1942 - Defiant N3501 - Hackness.

Air Gunner - Sgt Alec Charles Walters RAAF (405255). Survived War.

1st October 1942 - Halifax W7776 - Goldsborough.

Pilot - WO Franciszek Zaremba PAF (P/780216). (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773.

Navigator - F/O Mariusz Wodzicki PAF (P/76627). DFC. (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/O Franciszek Pantkowski PAF (P/1571). DFC. (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773.

Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt Zdzislaw Nowinski PAF (P/?). Survived War.

Flight Engineer - Sgt Czeslaw Kozlowski PAF (P/784220). (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773.

Air Gunner - F/Sgt Tadeusz Madejski PAF (P780420). (+)30/10/1942. 138 Sqn, Halifax W7773.

14th October 1942 - Lancaster W4233 - Bilsdale.

Flight Engineer - Sgt Harry Scattergood RAF.

Wireless Operator - Sgt Lawrence Sidney James Hamblett RAF (1187564). DFM. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt Ernest Charles Hawkins RAF (1315038). 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 R G Mills RCAF (R/83215).

Flight Engineer - Sgt Robert Grey RAF (534199). (+)13/5/1943. 78 Sqn, Halifax JB924. Buried Barradeel (Wijnaldum) Cemetery, Holland.

Wirelss Operator - Sgt Lloyd G Masterson RCAF. Survived War.

Bomb Aimer - Sgt C M "Ray" Edgehill RAF (1173753). Later PoW.

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 RAF (991044). Survived War.

Navigator - Sgt Payne RAF.

Crew - Names unknown.

8th March 1943 - P47 41-6384 - Cloughton Moor.

Pilot - Flight Officer Warren E 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). DFM (+)21/1/1944, 10 Sqn, Halifax HX165. Buried Hannover War Cemetery, Germany.

Air Gunner - Sgt K Hart RAF. Possibly F/Sgt Kenneth G Hart RAF, (+?)2/5/1947. Buried Romford Cemetery.

22nd June 1943 - Beaufighter V8812 - Westerdale.

Navigator - Flight Officer Hendershot USAAF. Possibly Jonah G. Hendershot.

14th July 1943 - Halifax JD174 - Arden Hall.

Pilot - F/O Donald Thomas Bain RCAF (J/20912). Survived War.

Flight Engineer - Sgt J J Connolly RAF (619879). PoW 9/10/1943, 405 Sqn, Lancaster JA980.

Navigator - Sgt Ernest Henry Wood RCAF (R/20912). 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/?). (+)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 - 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. DFC. Survived War.

Flight Engineer - Sgt H J Branton RCAF.

Navigator - Sgt Eric James Hurd RCAF (C/18877). DFC. Survived War.

Bomb Aimer - F/O Stephen William Dempsey RCAF (J/21039). DFC. Survived War.

Wireless Operator - P/O George R Butchart RCAF.

Air Gunner - Sgt Stanley Enos Campbell RCAF. DFC. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt K L Davison RCAF. Survived War.

16th December 1943 - Lancaster DS737 - Murton.

Air Gunner - F/Sgt Lloyd J Yeo RCAF. Survived War.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Leslie Arthur Morgan RAF (1338678). Survived War.

17th December 1943 - Lancaster DS832 - Danby.

Pilot - F/O H B Hatfield RCAF (J/20156).

Pilot - F/Lt John Allardyce Allen RCAF (J/6643). (+)3/1/1944, 432 Sqn, Lancaster DS739. Buried Berlin War Cemetery, Germany.

Flight Engineer - Sgt A Phillips RAF. Possibly Alfred A Phillips RAFVR (1583796) (+)15/5/1944, 626 Sqn, Lancaster JB595. Buried Berlin War cemetery, Germany.

Navigator - F/O Joseph Layton Higgs RCAF (J/14169). Survived War.

Bomb Aimer - Possibly F/O George John Smith RCAF (J/21564), (+)1/5/1944, 405 Sqn, Lancaster JA976. Buried Webbekom Churchyard, Belgium.

Wireless Operator - Sgt W H "Reg" Poole RAF (1386694).

Air Gunner - Sgt Robert Anthony Hutchinson RAFVR (1533378). (+)14/1/1944. 432 Sqn, Lancaster DS850. Buried Reichwald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.

Air Gunner - F/Sgt Alexander Morvan McGregor RCAF. (+)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.

29th January 1944 - Halifax HX281 - Cowesby.

Pilot - F/Sgt Jack Eldin Mitchell RCAF (J/86237). DFC. Survived War.

Flight Engineer - Sgt G Lumsden RAF.

Navigator - F/O John Kenneth Shedden RCAF (J/22076). DFC. Survived War.

Bomb Aimer - F/O Rod D Wilson RCAF.

Wireless Operator - WO2 Stewart McDougall RCAF.

Air Gunner - Sgt J F McDonough RCAF.

12th April 1944 - Halifax LW614 - Hackness.

Air Gunner - Sgt D McNeil RCAF.

20th June 1944 - Tiger Moth (serial ?) - Easington.

Crew - Names unknown.

23rd June 1944 - Halifax JD106 - Rudland Rigg.

Air Gunner - P/O L B Lemon RCAF. Survived War.

Flight Engineer - Sgt R W L Lucas RAF. Survived War.

14th August 1944 - Mosquito KB269 - Egton.

Pilot - F/Lt Hugh Colin Kimpton RNZAF (401391). Survived War.

Navigator - F/O M Wilkins RAF.

4th December 1944 - Halifax LW278 - Thirlby.

Air Gunner - Sgt Ronald Bosley RAF. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt Norman Wilson RAF. Survived War.

14th January 1945 - Halifax MZ466 - Cold Kirby.

Air Gunner - F/Sgt Robert Octave Custeau RCAF. Survived War.

31st January 1945 - Liberator 42-51193 - Hutton Buscel.

Flight Engineer - T/Sgt Harry W Storicks USAAF (32757654). Survived War.

Right Waist Gunner - S/Sgt Phillip W Corliss USAAF (16139615). Survived War.

15th March 1945 - Halifax NR287 - Scawton.

Flight Engineer - Sgc Henri Sciolette FFAF. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgc A Tilliers FFAF. Survived War.