Yorkshire Air Casualties - 1939.

Below is believed to be a complete list of all air fatalities between September and December 1939 and links to the incident in which the casualties sadly lost their lives. As will be seen, the total number for each year would increase rapidly through the War.

5th September 1939 - Hampden L4161 - Branton.

Pilot - P/O Anthony Richard Playfair RAF (39679), aged 25. Buried Finningley Churchyard, Yorkshire.

14th September 1939 - Spitfire K9849 - Catterick airfield.

Pilot - P/O James James Hawke Copley RAF (41258). Buried Newton Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.

19th September 1939 - Whitley K9001 - Linton on Ouse airfield.

Pilot - Sgt Frank Hugo Griffiths RAFVR (565535), aged 24. Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Pilot - Sgt Bernard Mullin RAF (563337), aged 26. Buried Andover Cemetery.

18th October 1939 - Whitley K8996 - Catterick airfield.

Pilot - Sgt Herbert John Gaut RAF (562936), aged 26. Buried Sidbury Church Cemetery, Devon.

Pilot/Observer - P/O Reginald Arthur Morton Luckman RAF (39744), aged 27. Buried Herne Bay Cemetery.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - AC2 Charles Paterson RAF (620054), aged 22. Buried Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen.

Passenger - AC1 John Baker Clark RAF (567489), aged 20. Buried Corringham Cemetery, Thurrock.

Passenger - Sgt Arthur Vincent RAF (560443), aged 30. Buried Southwick Cemetery, Sunderland.

Passenger (41 Sqn pilot) - Sgt Albert Harris RAF (563150), aged 27. Buried South Hinksey Churchyard.

Passenger/Wireless Operator (Mechanic) - AC1 Horace Jones RAF (533682), aged 23. Buried Droylsden Cemetery, Lancashire.

6th November 1939 - Spitfire K9846 - Catterick.

Pilot - F/O Horace Ernest Herbert Overall RAF (39331), aged 26. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.

8th November 1939 - Blenheim L8731 - Church Fenton.

Pilot - P/O Desmond Charles Reid Carter RAF (40604), aged 27. Buried Kirkby Wharfe Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Air Gunner - LAC Geoffrey George James Lovegrove RAF (527690), aged 23. Buried Wakefield Cemetery, Yorkshire. Died of injuries on 12th November 1939.

8th November 1939 - Hudson N7290 - Linthorpe.

Pilot - P/O Augustine Harold Jervis Ryan RAF (41324), aged 21. Buried Hartshill Cemetery, Stoke on Trent.

Pilot - P/O Douglas Haig Robertson RAF (41469), aged 21. Buried Thornaby Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Pilot - Sgt Rex Mitchell RAF (580183), aged 24. Buried Byker and Heaton Cemetery, Newcastle.

Wireless Operator - AC1 Albert Wade RAF (534389), aged 26. Buried Burley in Wharfedale, Yorkshire.

12th November 1939 - Magister P6350 - Tunstall.

Pilot - P/O Stephen George Baker RAF (41245), aged 24. Buried Paignton Cemetery, Devon.

"Lest We Forget"

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