Yorkshire Air Casualties - 1930 to 1939.
Below is believed to be a complete list of all air fatalities in Yorkshire between January 1930 and the start of the Second World War. There has never been a list of flying accidents made for the whole Yorkshire region and I doubt that I have listed them all despite my best efforts. I would welcome information or basic details to begin to research the incident myself.
Mechanic - Mr John Henry Frow, aged 22. Buried North Ferriby Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Pilot - P/O Alfred Cecil Sant RAF, aged 25. Buried Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Lincolnshire.
Pilot - P/O John Anthony Chance RAF (156231), aged 21. Buried St.Nicholas' Churchyard, Radford Semele, Warwickshire.
Passenger - Mr Harry Addy, aged 21 or 22. Buried Hyde Park Cemetery, Doncaster.
Passenger - Mr Mark Allinson, aged 14. Died 2nd August 1932. Buried Armthorpe, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Pilot - P/O William Harvey Salt RAFO, aged 20. Buried Liverpool Road Cemetery, Birkdale, Merseyside.
Pilot - F/O John Leonard Mayer DFC RAFO, aged 34. Died of injuries 6th October 1932. Buried Biddulph Churchyard, Staffordshire.
Passenger - Mr Robert Arthur Snow, aged 33. Buried St.James Churchyard, Birstwith, North Yorkshire.
Bystander - Mstr Leslie Taylor, aged 8. Buried Hunslet Cemetery, Leeds (EXT1-4,1291).
Bystander - Mstr Fred Smith, aged 12. Buried Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds (25961).
Pilot - Captain George Arthur Pennington, aged 34. Buried Ashburnham Church, Sussex.
Pilot - Mr James Varley Quarmby, aged 26. Buried Horbury Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Passenger - Mr Clifford Shaw, aged 26. Buried Dewsbury Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Pilot - F/O Dr John Hugh Paton MB ChB RAFO, aged 34. Cremated and ashed scattered over the North Sea.
Pilot - Mr Gerald Henry Lawson Royle, aged 16. Cremated, ashes scrattered over East Heslerton aerodrome.
Passenger - LAC Wilfred Willoughby Green RAF (363394), aged 28. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Passenger - Mr Keith Leonard Atkin, aged 26. Buried Hull Northern Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Pilot - F/O Robert Legg RAF, aged 35. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Passenger - F/O Peter Godfrey RAF, aged 26. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Passenger - Miss Mary Louisa Jane Clarke, aged 23. Buried Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds.
Passenger - 2Lt Michael Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory, aged 22. Buried Chevithorne Churchyard, Devon.
Passenger - Lt Henry Ninian Evelegh Frisby, aged 20. Died 25th September 1936. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - Acting P/O Terence William Rowley RAF, aged 19. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - Sgt Algernon Hinchliffe Simpson RAF, aged 23. Buried Hemingbrough Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Navigator - Sgt Douglas George Church RAF (580019), aged 21. Buried Finningley Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Fitter - LAC Percival George Clements RAF (563472) aged 23. Buried Finningley Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Wireless Operator - AC2 Claud Vincent Bodenham RAF, aged 18. Buried Ludlow Cemetery.
? - P/O Charles Robert Hart RAF (S.No.?), aged 24. Buried Brotton Church Cemetery, North Yorkshire.
Passenger - Mrs Ivy Lilian Hughes, aged 33. Buried Haxby and Wigginton Cemetery, York.
Pilot - Mr Idwal ap Ieuan Jones, aged 31. Buried Talysarn Churchyard, Wales.
Passenger - Mr Felix Burns, aged 29. Burial location unknown.
Passenger - Mr Arthur Joseph Henman, aged 36. Burial location unknown.
Passenger - Mstr Henry Betts, aged 10. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - P/O Philip Hughes Crompton RAF, aged 26. Buried Overleigh Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire.
Pilot - Pupil Pilot Edward Owen Thomas James Poyner, aged 21. Buried Bridgnorth Churchyard, Shropshire.
Pilot - P/O William Herbert Cheetham RAF (S.No.?), aged 22. Cremated Golders Green, London.
Pilot - W/Cdr Edward Goodwin Hilton AFC DFC RAF, aged 41. Buried Ipswich New Cemetery, Suffolk.
Passenger - W/Cdr Percy Clark Sherren MC and Bar RAF, aged 44. Buried Ipswich New Cemetery, Suffolk.
Pilot? - Acting P/O David Sorley Munro RAF, aged 19. Buried Renfrew (Arkleston) Cemetery, Glasgow.
Navigator? - P/O Leonard William Lowden RAF, aged 21. Buried Forgan (Vicarsford) Cemetery, Fife.
Pilot? - Acting P/O Hugh Gordon McDonald RAF, aged 22. Buried Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen.
Wireless Operator - AC1 Thomas Douglas RAF, aged 18. Buried Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Tyne and Wear.
Pilot - P/O Alfred Alexander Devany RAF, aged 23. Buried Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London.
Pilot - F/Sgt Edward James Merchant RAF (560185), aged 28. Buried St.Pancreas Cemetery, London.
? - Sgt Ronald George Cowley Marshall RAF (564231), aged 23. Buried Hipswell Churchyard, Yorkshire.
? - Cpl Walter Greaves RAF (507414), aged 29. Burial St.John the Baptist Church, St.John's Chapel, Durham.
Wireless Operator - AC1 Ronald Herbert Fish RAF (550326), aged 19. Buried Norton Cemetery, Yorkshire
? - LAC George Jeffrey Humphries RAF (561722), aged 26. Buried Maidstone Cemetery, Kent.
? - AC1 John Douglas Bradshaw RAF (567454), aged 19. Buried Fleetwood Cemetery, Lancashire.
Pilot - F/Lt William Forster Pharazyn RAF, aged 35. Buried Hascombe Churchyard, Surrey.
Pilot - Lt Edward James Boyle KOAS (S.No.?), aged 26. Buried Earl of Glasgow's Private Burial Ground, Largs, Scotland.
Passenger - Dr William Delano Walker BSc, MB, BS(Adl), FRS(SA), FRAI, FRES, FRPS, FZS, FRGS, aged 40. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - P/O Franklin Gordon Hanlan RAF, aged 25. Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.
? - AC1 Christopher Peter Timothy Bowring RAF, aged 20. Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Pilot - F/Sgt Frank Clifford Noyes RAF. Died 20th April 1939. Buried Dovercourt, All Saints, Essex.
Pilot - P/O John Owen Sowerbutts RAF, aged 25. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Wireless Operator (Observer) - AC1 William Ashbridge RAF (566675), aged 21. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner U/T - AC2 Horace Redfern RAF (551643), aged 18. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Passenger - AC1 Sydney David McNaughton RAF, aged 22. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - P/O Peter Rodney Wood RAF, aged 22. Buried Climping Churchyard, Climping, West Sussex.
Pilot - Sgt George Verdun Serjeant RAF (565774), aged 22. Buried Teighmouth Cemetery, Devon.
Pilot - P/O Charles Edward Jones RAF (S/No.?), aged 26. Buried St.Chad Churchyard, Harpswell, Lincolnshire.
Pilot - Sgt Henry Albert Donald RAF (565524), aged 24. Buried Chester le Street Cemetery, Durham.
Second Pilot - Sgt Eric Cecil James Fryer RAF (514238), aged 26. Buried Croyden Cemetery, London.
Pilot - Mr Montagu Scott McMurdo, aged 42. Buried Kirkdale Minster, Yorkshire.
Pilot - Mr Angus Oastler Pick, aged 31. Buried Bedale Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Pilot - Sgt Philip Mealing RAF (564955), aged 24. Cremated Southampton.
Pilot - P/O George Buchanan Baker RAF, aged 21. Buried Newburgh Cemetery, Fife.
Pilot - P/O Joseph Murray Brockbank RAF, aged 19. Buried Leconfield Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Pilot - Sgt David James Wood RAF (562625), aged 26. Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Second Pilot - F/Sgt Edward James Bruce Russell Gillespie RAF (563877), aged 25. Buried Carnmoney Old Churchyard.
? - AC1 Philip Henry Cook RAF (551599), aged 19. Buried Bishopthorpe (St Andrews) Churchyard, Yorkshire.
? - AC1 Thomas William Clarkson RAF (543593), aged 24. Buried Coundon Churchyard, Durham.
Pilot - P/O Reginald Raymond Harper RAF, aged 23. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - Sgt Donald Victor Peacock RAF (S.No.?), aged 25. Buried Hinckley Cemetery, Leicestershire.
4th February 1930 - Blackburn Iris S1263? - Brough.
23rd September 1930 - Bristol F2b J8458 - Treeton.
19th November 1930 - Unidentified Atlas - Little Fencote.
1st August 1932 - DH.60 Moth G-AAEL - Armthorpe.
4th August 1932 - Blackburn Bluebird G-AATO - Broomfleet.
27th August 1932 - Blacburn Bluebird G-AATM - Coal Aston.
5th October 1932 - Avro 504 G-AAUJ - Plompton.
11th June 1933 - HP.33 Clive G-ABYX - Middleton Park, Leeds.
15th September 1933 - DH.84 Dragon G-ACHX - Armthorpe.
20th January 1934 - Blackburn Bluebird G-AAOI - Sherburn in Elmet.
6th March 1934 - Blackburn Bluebird G-AABV - Hedon.
24th June 1934 - DH.60 Gigsy Moth - G-AACO - East Heslerton.
29th April 1935 - Audax K3093 - Catterick area.
17th July 1935 - DH.60 Cirrus Moth - Hedon.
9th March 1936 - Audax K3076 - Scorton.
22nd March 1936 - DH.60 Moth G-AAPC - Yeadon.
7th June 1936 - DH.60 Moth G-EBXS - Bramham Park.
31st August 1936 - Miles Hawk Major G-ACTD - Doncaster.
22nd September 1936 - Audax K5251 - Thornaby.
9th October 1936 - Blackburn B.2 G-ABWI - Ellerton, Selby.
12th December 1936 - Heyford K6900 - Hebden Bridge.
21st December 1936 - Virginia K2680 - Brough.
9th April 1937 - Hillson Praga G-AELK - Aldwark.
29th May 1937 - Airspeed Courier G-ACSZ - Doncaster.
23rd July 1937 - Gladiator K6133 - Gawber.
30th July 1937 - Blackburn B.2 G-ACBI - Brough Haven.
2nd September 1937 - Vildebeest K4588 - Atwick.
10th September 1937 - Miles Falcon G-AENG - Scarborough.
11th September 1937 - Anson K8778 - Guisborough.
7th February 1938 - Gladiator K7934 - Riplingham.
5th April 1938 - Harrow K6995 - Tibthorpe.
9th May 1938 - Blenheim K7117 - Driffield aerodrome.
29th June 1938 - Gladiator K6139 - Brayton.
16th August 1938 - Magister L8060 - Skeeby.
22nd October 1938 - Whitley K7261 - Aldwark.
26th October 1938 - Blenheim L1252 - Lune Moor, Teesdale.
14th November 1938 - Audax K7417 - Patrington.
24th November 1938 - Whitley K8963 - Driffield.
16th March 1939 - Spitfire K9838 - Eryholme.
20th April 1939 - Hampden L4136 - Sunk Island.
2nd May 1939 - Whitley K7190 - Dishforth.
30th May 1939 - Avro Cadet G-ABVV - Welburn.
30th May 1939 - Slingsby Gull BGA 349 - Welburn.
21st July 1939 - Whitley K9002 - Lockington.
8th August 1939 - Whitley K8970 - Tollerton.
18th August 1939 - Hampden L4192 - Maltby.
21st August 1939 - Spitfire K9941 - Hooton Roberts.
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