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.

Crew unknown.

1st May 1940 - Wellington R3154 - Thorgill.

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

? - Sgt Peterson RAF.

? - LAC Stone RAF.

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

5th August 1940 - Magister P2493 - Sneaton.

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

4th September 1940 - Whitley P4967 - Nether Silton.

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

Second Pilot - P/O Kenneth D 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 E Langfield RAF (614301). Survived War.

3rd December 1940 - Whitley T4207 - Cold Kirby.

Pilot - Sgt Gosling.

Pilot - P/O Jack G Kerry RAFVR (84325). DFC, (+)5/10/42. 35 Sqn, Halifax W1047. Buried in Lille Southern Cemetery, France.

Observer - Sgt Reginald E Kirby RAFVR (759233). (+)12/5/1941. 58 Sqn, enemy action. Buried Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Wireless Operator - Sgt Patrick W K Crisp RAF (509318). DFM, survived War.

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

15th December 1940 - Whitley T4138 - Snilesworth.

Pilot - P/O Hayden H J 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 E 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 J McHugh RAF. (+)6/8/1941, 220 Sqn, Hudson AM583. Commemerated on the Runnymede Memorial.

20th March 1941 - Hurricane P2887 - Whitby.

Pilot - Sgt Lancelot W 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 J 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 L 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 T McC Jones RAAF (400090). Survived War.

Pilot - Sgt Vivian J "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 J Woodhead RAF (66608), survived War.

30th September 1941 - Whitley Z6871 - Danby.

Pilot - P/O David B Delany RAFVR (63472). Survived War.

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

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Charles Miller RAF. 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. Commemerated 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 J Young RAFVR (778478). (+)15/12/1942. 50 Sqn, Hampden AE380. Buried Oostende New Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

Navigator - Sgt Donald M Symes RAFVR (1175877). (+)12/2/1942. 50 Sqn, Hampden AT177. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Alexander R 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.

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

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

15th August 1942 - Oxford R6155 - Boltby Bank.

Crew - Names unknown.

15th September 1942 - Defiant N3501 - Hackness.

Air Gunner - Sgt Alec C 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 S J Hamblett RAF (1187564). DFM. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt Ernest C Hawkins RAF (1315038). DFM. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgt Edmund T Lund RAFVR (994674). (+)20/5/1944. 7 Sqn, Lancaster ND736. Buried Pas-de Calais Cemetery, France.

6th November 1942 - Halifax DT525 - Wass.

Pilot - Sgt Jackie G Mills RCAF (R/83215).

Flight Engineer - Sgt Robert Grey RAF. (+)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 Edgehill RAF (1173753). Later PoW.

18th December 1942 - Defiant N3458 - Cold Kirby.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt G O Pitcher RAF. 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 - Flt/Off Warren E Graff USAAF (T/190479). Survived War.

5th May 1943 - Halifax JD105 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - F/Sgt Roy H Geddes RAAF (401939). (+)29/6/1943, 10 Sqn, Halifax HR697. Buried Jonkerbos War Cemetery.

Flight Engineer - Sgt William A 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 - Flt Off Hendershot USAAF.

14th July 1943 - Halifax JD174 - Arden Hall.

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

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

Navigator - Sgt E H Wood RAF. Survived War.

Bomb Aimer - P/O Philip J Magson RCAF (J/20912). (+)24/8/1943, 405 Sqn, Halifax HR918. Buried Berlin War Cemetery, Germeny.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt George W Acorn RCAF (R/112252). (+)4/12/1943, 405 Sqn, Lancaster JB222. Buried Berlin War Cemetery, Germany.

Air Gunner - Sgt John I Labow RCAF (R/?). (+)31/3/1944. 408 Sqn, Lancaster LL633. Buried Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.

Air Gunner - Sgt Willard M 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 F 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 D Harvey RCAF. DFC Survived War.

Flight Engineer - Sgt H J Branton RCAF.

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

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

Wireless Operator - P/O George R Butchart RCAF.

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

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

16th December 1943 - Lancaster DS737 - Murton.

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

Air Gunner - Sgt L A Morgan RAF. Survived War.

17th December 1943 - Lancaster DS832 - Danby.

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

Pilot - F/L John A Allen RCAF. (+)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 J Higgs RCAF.

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

Wireless Operator - Sgt W H Poole RAF.

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

Air Gunner - F/Sgt Alexander M McGregor RCAF (J/19304). (+)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 E Mitchell RCAF (J/86237). DFC. Survived War.

Flight Engineer - Sgt G Lumsden RAF.

Navigator - F/O John K 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 C Kimpton RNZAF (401391). Survived War.

Navigator - F/O M Wilkins RAF.

4th December 1944 - Halifax LW278 - Thirlby.

? - 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 M Sciolette FFAF. Survived War.

Air Gunner - Sgc A Tilliers FFAF. Survived War.

6th September 1945 - Tiger Moth N6793 - Spaunton Moor.

Pilot - F/Sgt J S Carter RAF.

Navigator - Sgt P W Barsby RAF.