Halifax at Y.A.R.D. at Clifton/Rawcliffe airfield.

On 6th June 1945 an apprentice electrician was found dead inside a Halifax he had been working on at the York Aircraft Repair Depot on Water Lane, York. He was discovered by a fellow electrical apprentice Edwin Coates. The reasons surrounding his death are not yet known. It is not thought that he died as a result of any form of crash, but probably due to being overcome with fumes or something of the like.

Apprentice electrician - Mr George Simpson, aged 14, of York. Died.