Yorkshire Air Casualties 1940.

Below is believed to be a complete list of all air fatalities to occur in Yorkshire in 1940 and a link to the incident in which they sadly lost their life. I also include some of the airforce fatalities that were caused by enemy action but there were others who died through natural causes, road accidents, suicide etc but these losses are not included. In time this list will include every airforce death. I believe the list to be complete for deaths caused by aircraft accidents but if any need adding or extra information is known I would be pleased to hear this and add it.


3rd February 1940 - Heinkel HeIII 1H+FM - Whitby.

Observer - Uffz Rudolf Leushake, aged 23. Buried Cannock Chase Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Mechanic (/ Ventral Gunner) - Uffz Johann Meyer, aged 25. Buried Cannock Chase Cemetery, Staffordshire.


11th February 1940 - Hudson N7294 - Great Ayton.

Pilot - F/O Tom MacKinlay Parker RAF (39334), aged 21. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire (now Cleveland).

Pilot - Sgt Harold Fracis Bleksley RAF (516366), aged 24. Buried Canford Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire.

Wireless Operator - Cpl Norman Richard Drury RAF (537272), aged 23. Buried North Walsham Cemetery, Norfolk.


21st February 1940 - Magister N3859 - Leconfield airfield.

Pilot - P/O David Whittier Coysh RAF (41671), aged 22. Buried Torquay Cemetery, Devon.


3rd March 1940 - Hurricane L2002 - Bolton Percy.

Pilot - P/O Henry Leslie Niccolls RCAF (42145), aged 22. Buried Kirkby Wharfe Cemetery, Yorkshire.


13th March 1940 - Magister P2375 - Bolton on Swale.

Pilot - P/O Arthur James Skidmore RAF (40949), aged 25. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Pilot (Passenger) - P/O Arthur Stewart Wardman RAF (41502), aged 19. Cremated Darlington, Co.Durham.


16th March 1940 - Blackburn B2 G-ACBH - Broomfleet.

Pilot - Sgt Robert Campbell Duff RAFVR (740368), aged 26. Buried Barnhill Cemetery, Dundee, Angus. Died 18th March 1940.


21st March 1940 - Blenheim L1117 - Bransdale.

Pilot - Sgt Horace Philips RAF (562840), aged 27. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - AC1 Frank Prosser RAF (622364), aged 21. Buried Garndiffaith (St John's) Burial Ground, Monmouthshire, Wales.


1st May 1940 - Wellington R3154 - Rosedale.

Second Pilot - F/O Edward Joseph Taylor Clarke RAF (39375), aged 22. Buried Stamford Cemetery, Lincolnshire.

Air Gunner - P/O John Pargiter Marshman RAFVR (77039), aged 26. Buried Marham Holy Trinity Churchyard, Norfolk.


1st May 1940 - Whitley K9039 - Slaidburn.

Second Pilot - P/O John Martin Gilmer RAF (41690), aged 23. Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Observer - Sgt Walter Richard Coveney RAF (580764), aged 19. Buried Greenwich Cemetery, London.


3rd May 1940 - Whitley N1406 - Brandsby.

Air Gunner - AC1 Angus Hepburn RAF (620438), aged 20. Died of injuries. Buried Seafield Cemetery, Edinburgh.


23rd May 1940 - Hampden L4055 - Holmfirth.

Pilot - Sgt Stanley William Jenkins RAF (580289), aged 23. Buried Nettleham Old Churchyard, Lincolnshire.

Observer - Sgt Peter William Josse RAF (359518), aged 34. Buried Nettleham Old Churchyard, Lincolnshire.

Air Gunner (or Observer?) - Sgt Alan Marsh RAF (580966), aged 19. Buried Bolsover Churchyard, Derbyshire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - AC1 Willie Thornton RAF (625669), aged 19. Buried St Helens Cemetery, Lancashire.


25th May 1940 - Botha L6160 - Horsforth.

Pilot - 1st Officer John Taverner Wilson Clark ATA, aged 28. Buried Aireborough (Yeadon) Cemetery, Yorkshire.


1st June 1940 - Hurricane P3519 - Yeadon.

Pilot - P/O Horatio James Rennie Dunn RAF (33411), aged 23. Buried Henham Churchyard, Essex.


6th June 1940 - Spitfire K9896 - Catterick airfield.

Pilot - P/O Bewsher Eric Bell RAF (41653), aged 20. Died of injuries 7th June 1940. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.


6th June 1940 - Thornaby airfield bombed by Luftwaffe.

Ground Crew - AC2 Frederick William Nutter RAFVR (986799), aged 18. Buried Burnley Cemetery, Lancashire.


10th June 1940 - Anson N5206 - Thornaby airfield.

Cpl John Wilson RAF(AAF) (807066), aged 38. Buried Billingham Churchyard, Durham.


11th June 1940 - Hudson P5127 - Ingleby Barwick.

Pilot - Sgt Eric Morgan RAF (700305), aged 30. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Second Pilot - Sgt Dennis Robert Holbeche RAF (564819), aged 26. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Wireless Operator - AC1 William Charles Irvine RAF (625299), aged 19. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Air Gunner - Sgt James Richard Butterworth RAF (525413), aged 23. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.


19th June 1940 - Anson N5067 - Skelton.

Pilot - Sgt Leslie Bertram Walpole RAFVR (745085), aged 22. Buried Castle Bromwich Churchyard, Birmingham, Warwickshire.


6th July 1940 - Hampden L4181 - Finningley airfield.

Ground crew - AC2 Patrick Joseph Curry RAF (573507), aged 19. Buried Finningley Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Ground crew - AC2 Granville John Higgs RAF (649099), aged 19. Buried Mynyddislwyn Churchyard, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Ground crew - AC2 Matthew Cook RAF (620895), aged 20. Buried Cramlington New Cemetery, Seaton Valley, Northumberland.


8th July 1940 - Botha L6205 - Ellerker.

Pilot - Mr Douglas Frank Charles Brecknell, aged 32. Buried Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol.


8th July 1940 - Ju88 5J+AT - Aldborough, East Yorkshire.

Pilot - Hptmn Kurt Rohloff (53558/1), aged 29. Buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.


12th July 1940 - Hudson P5135 - Thornaby airfield.

AC2 James Phillips RAFVR (971609), aged 21. Buried Carluke (Wilton) Cemetery, Lanarkshire.


16th July 1940 - Hurricane P2995 - Copmanthorpe.

Pilot - Sgt Alistair David William Main RAFVR (748115), aged 22. Cremated Dundee, Angus, Scotland.


16th July 1940 - Lysander N1205 - Goldsborough.

Pilot - F/O John Kershaw RAF (72503), aged 22. Cremated Manchester, Lancashire.

Air Gunner - Sgt James Henry Fletcher RAFVR (935134), aged 20. Buried Moorgate Cemetery, Rotherham, Yorkshire.


21st July 1940 - Unknown - Brough airfield.

? - Sgt Joseph Ernest Catchpole RAFVR (754642), aged 23. Buried Elloughton Churchyard, Yorkshire.


1st August 1940 - Hudson N7314 - Maltby.

Pilot - F/Lt Harold Wentworth Aylward Sheahan DFC RAF (37266), aged 28. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Pilot - P/O Charles James Allsup RAF (41539), aged 26. Buried Sanderstead Churchyard, Surrey.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Sydney Smith RAF (623798), aged 26. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.


4th August 1940 - Spitfire N3271 - Beverley.

Pilot - Sgt John Patrick Walsh RAFVR (754138), aged 20. Buried Harrow Cemetery, Middlesex.


7th August 1940 - Spitfire R6696 - Lockington.

Pilot - P/O Robert Archer Smith RAFVR (82947), aged 26. Buried Leconfield Churchyard, Yorkshire.


11th August 1940 - Ju88 7A+KH - Newton Mulgrave.

Specialist Wireless Operator - Lt Heinrich Meier, aged 21. Initially buried at Thornaby Cemetery but later exhumed and reburied in Germany in 1954.


15th August 1940 - Driffield airfield bombed by Luftwaffe.

Ground Crew - AC1 John William Morgan Windle RAFVR (752773). Aged 36. Buried Hull Eastern Cemetery, Yorkshire. (77 Sqn).

Ground Crew - AC2 Arthur Sydney Daws RAFVR (752795). Aged 36. Buried Hull Northern Cemetery, Yorkshire. (77 Sqn).

Ground Crew - AC2 Eric Offord RAFVR (948296). Aged 20. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire. (77 Sqn).

? - ACWm2 Marguerite Hester Hudson WAAF (882414). Aged 19. Buried Wisewood Cemetery, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Ground Crew - LAC Harold Donkin RAF (632880). Buried Kirkstall Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire. (77 Sqn). Not listed on death index.

Ground Crew - LAC Kenneth Eric New RAF (567295). Aged 21. Buried Bridlington Cemetery, Yorkshire. (77 Sqn).

Ground Crew - AC2 Eric Vincent Horton RAFVR (751162). Aged 30. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.

? - Pte Thomas Round (D/39274), East Yorks Reg, 6th(HD)Bn. Aged 42. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.

? - Pte Joseph Devereaux (D/27752), East Yorks Reg, 6th(HD)Bn. Aged 42. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.

? - Pte Clarence Whittleton (D/38889), East Yorks Reg, 6th(HD)Bn. Aged 39. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.

? - Cpl Frank Rate White (D/26440), East Yorks Reg, 6th(HD)Bn. Aged 40. Buried Hull Eastern Cemetery, Yorkshire.

? - Pte Alfred Harrison (D/37429), East Yorks Reg, 6th(HD)Bn. Aged 45. Buried Wakefield Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Civilian - Mr Frank Ibbitson, of 11 George Street, Driffield. Died at Driffield. Aged 65. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire?

Died of injuries - Transmitter operator - Gunner Geoffrey Ward Turner (1523282) Royal Artillery (295 Bty,96 HAA Regt), aged 24. Cremated Leeds (Lawns Wood), Yorkshire.

Died of injuries - LAC Bertram Ash RAFVR (944309), aged 22. Buried Dinnington Cemetery, Yorkshire. (102 Sqn).


15th August 1940 - Ju88 4D+?M - Barmston.

Pilot - Fw Rudolf Bihr. Aged ? Initially buried Bridlington Cemetery, now buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.

Observer - Fw Robert Pohl (62748-15). Aged 23. Initially buried Bridlington Cemetery, now buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.

Wireless Operator - Uffz Severin Kursch (62748-23). Aged 24. Listed as "Hursch" in burial index. Initially buried Bridlington Cemetery, now buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.

Gunner - Uffz Arnalf Neumeyer. Aged ? Technically "Missing" but an unidentified body was initially buried Bridlington Cemetery, now buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire is almost certainly his.


15th August 1940 - Ju88 4D+DR - Bridlington.

Wireless Operator - Fw Georg Henneske (62756-60), aged 25. Died of injuries at Sledmere. Initially buried Bridlington Cemetery, now buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.


16th August 1940 - Hudson N7316 - Thornaby.

Pilot - P/O James Taylor Wardlaw RAF (42920), aged 22. Died of injuries on 22nd August 1940. Buried Sunnyside Cemetery, Alloa, Scotland.


20th August 1940 - Ju88 4D+1S - Ottringham.

Wireless Operator - Uffz Wilhelm Rautenberg. Aged 21. Died of injuries. Buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.

Gunner - Uffz Werner Hans Kruczinski. Died of injuries. Buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.


29th August 1940 - Whitley N1489 - Silsden.

Pilot - Sgt Norman Kelvin Bott RAFVR (742082), aged 20. Buried Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester.

Pilot - P/O Alexander William Fletcher RAF (42828), aged 19. Buried Cumnor Churchyard, Oxfordshire.

Observer - Sgt Charles William Cavey Fleming Harrison RAFVR (747970), aged 31. Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Alan Steel RAF (550484). Aged 21. Buried Mexborough Cemetery, Yorkshire.


6th September 1940 - Lysander P1692 - Netherthorpe airfield.

Pilot - F/O Grosvenor Louis Edmonds RAF (41565), aged 23. Buried Retford Road Cemetery, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Army driver - Possibly Pte Donald Goodall, 9th Bn, Sherwood Foresters. Aged 19. Buried Retford Road Cemetery, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.


7th September 1940 - Spitfire P9560 - Bolton on Swale.

Pilot - F/O Donald Joseph Sanders RAF (41619), aged 21. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.


11th September 1940 - Whitley N1431 - Linton on Ouse.

Ground crew - LAC Harold Hemsley RAF (115701). Aged 42. Buried Hunslet New Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire.

Ground crew - AC2 Arthur Bunclark Annis RAFVR (1303443). Aged 20. Buried Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Ground crew - AC1 Henry Baird RAFVR (1303362). Aged 30. Buried Paisley Cemetery, Renfrewshire, Scotland.


11th September 1940 - Blackburn B.2 G-ACER - Brough airfield.

Pilot - LAC Harry Edward Taylor RAFVR (947642), aged 18. Died of injuries 12-9-1940. Buried Llanduff Cemetery, Cardiff.


15th September 1940 - Hudson N7233 - Thornaby.

Pilot - P/O John Irvine Humphreys RAF (43202), aged 24. Cremated Darlington Crematorium, Co.Durham.


19th September 1940 - Magister T9676 - Thorne.

Pilot - P/O Patrick William Michael Bushnell RAFVR (80805), aged 22. Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford.

Passenger - LAC Philip Raymond Currie RAF (570163), aged 21. Died of injuries on 19th September 1940, buried Blaydon Cemetery, Co.Durham.


21st September 1940 - Lysander R9077 - Thornaby airfield.

Pilot - P/O Alex Robert Temple Cox RAF (33509), aged 20. Buried Woodman Road Cemetery, Brentwood, Essex.

Observer / Air Gunner - Sgt Victor William Sims RAFVR (903535), aged 19. Buried Barkingside Cemetery, Ilford, Essex.


24th September 1940 - Whitley N1470 - Youlton.

Pilot - Sgt Herbert Cornish RAF (580050), aged 24. Buried Standish Churchyard, Lancashire.

Second Pilot - F/O Arnold Irwin Watterson RAF (41638), aged 23. Cremated Harrogate, Yorkshire.

Observer - Sgt Leslie Hambleton Taylor RAF (581192), aged 19. Buried Nottingham Southern Cemetery.


27th September 1940 - Hampden P1256 - Misson.

Pilot - P/O John Edgecombe Lowe RAF (42373), aged 20. Buried Finningley Churchyard Extension, Yorkshire.

? - Sgt Lloyd Haig Beatty McLeod RAFVR (967910). Buried Mount Vernon Roman Catholic Cemetery, Edinburgh. Possibly died of injuries as death registered in Nottinghamshire.


29th September 1940 - Hampden P2134 - Haigh.

Pilot - Sgt Frederick Norman Colin Catley RAFVR (745724), aged 21. Buried Scampton Churchyard, Lincolnshire.

Pilot - Sgt William Nicol RAFVR (742765), aged 26. Buried Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Bertram Victor Hastie RAFVR (905660), aged 21. Buried Scampton Churchyard, Lincolnshire.


30th September 1940 - Spitfire P9564 - Beswick.

Pilot - P/O Adrian Francis Laws DFM RAF (45092), aged 28. Buried Wells next the Sea Cemetery, Norfolk.


6th October 1940 - Hampden X2920 - Rosedale.

Pilot - P/O Gerald D'arcy-Wright RAF (40162), aged 25. Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire. Served as "Wright".

Observer - Sgt William Arthur Cannon RAFVR (746801), aged 28. Buried South Shoebury Churchyard, Shoeburyness, Essex.

Air Gunner - Sgt Walter Benedict Rayment RAFVR (751840), aged 26. Buried Henfield Cemetery, Sussex.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Alan Algar RAFVR (970031), aged 19. Buried Nottingham Road Cemetery, Derby.


7th October 1940 - Lysander R9056 - Carlton in Cleveland.

Pilot - P/O Richard Waugh Harris RAF (42988), aged 22. Buried Newton-on-Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Air Gunner - Sgt Marcus Rudolph Harvey RAF (936278), aged 29. Buried Acklam Cemetery, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.


9th October 1940 - Whitley P9051 - Snape.

Pilot - Sgt George William Brown RAF (566550), aged 23. Buried Seaton Hirst Churchyard, Northumberland.

Pilot - Midshipman David Arthur Charles Hadingham RN (HMS Daedalus), attached 77 Squadron. Aged 19. Buried Sanderstead Churchyard, Surrey.

Observer - Sgt William Goodall MacMorland RAFVR (751459), aged 23. Buried Topcliffe Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Wireless Operator - Sgt Joseph Reginald Wardman RAFVR (938888), aged 27. Buried Hull Western Cemetery, Yorkshire.

(Wirless Operator/) Air Gunner - Sgt Cleveland Cottham RAF (637463), aged 19. Buried Topcliffe Cemetery, Yorkshire.


15th October 1940 - Whitley T4206 - Topcliffe airfield.

Second Pilot - S/Ldr George Roderick Hartwell Black RAF (37373), aged 27. Died of injuries, buried Barkby Cemetery, Leicestershire.


15th October 1940 - Whitley T4143 - Bagby.

Observer - P/O Robert James Dickinson RAFVR (79372), aged 31. Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Leslie Peter Neville RAFVR (901776), aged 26. Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire.


16th October 1940 - Anson L7924 - Gilling West.

Pilot - Sgt Sidney John Howard RAF (566350), aged 24. Buried Nettlesham Churchyard, Lincolnshire.

Pilot - Sgt Arthur Hurst RAFVR (745670), aged 21. Buried Upper Tean Churchyard, Staffordshire.

Pilot - Sgt Stanley Robert Sumner RAFVR (748246), aged 20. Buried Luton General Cemetery, Bedfordshire.

Wireless Operator - Sgt Thomas Huntley Todd RAF (640677), aged 20. Buried Crook and Willington Cemetery, Co.Durham.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Cyril Murray RAF (553919), aged 18. Buried St.Helens Cemetery, Lancashire.


16th October 1940 - Whitley T4225 - Ilkley Moor.

ATA Pilot - F/O Thomas Dowell Trouncer B.A. RAFVR (74264), aged 34. Buried Kensal Green R.C. Cemetery, London.


21st October 1940 - Whitley T4171 - Ingleby Greenhow.

Pilot - F/O Ernest Henry Brown RAF (41550), aged 25. Buried Wandsworth (Streatham) Cemetery, London.

Pilot - Sgt Leonard Frank Percy Adlam RAFVR (745662), aged 25. Buried Farnborough Cemetery, Hampshire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Marcel Cuthbert Caryll-Tilkin RAFVR (902238), aged 29. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire (now Cleveland).

Observer - Sgt Cyril Sidney Garrick Green RAFVR (747715), aged 31. Died on 23rd October 1940, buried Bengeworth Cemetery, Evesham, Worcestershire.


23rd October 1940 - Blenheim L1272 - Kirby Malzeard.

Pilot - P/O Peter Richard Scott Hurst RAF (41421), aged 20. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.


24th October 1940 - Hurricane V6807 - Cherry Burton.

Pilot - P/O Jan Bury-Burzymski PAF (P/0236), aged 25. Buried Leconfield Churchyard, Yorkshire.


24th October 1940 - Whitley P5073 - Tholthorpe.

Second Pilot - P/O Thomas Russell Murfitt RAF (42759), aged 24. Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Observer - Sgt Ian Cowie Scoular RNZAF (NZ.391870), aged 25. Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Angus S Wilson RAF (624190). Died of injuries on 2nd November 1940. Buried Stane Cemetery, Shotts, Lanarkshire.

Air Gunner - P/O Terence Edward Lee RAF (43162), aged 19. Died of injuries on 2nd November 1940. Buried Trusthorpe Churchyard, Lincolnshire.


27th October 1940 - Ju88 5J+ER - Duggleby.

Gunner - Uffz Oskar Piontek. Aged 25. Buried Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.

Pilot - Oblt Friedrich-Franz Podbielski, made a PoW but possibly died of injuries.


27th October 1940 - Leconfield airfield, attacked by enemy aircraft.

AC1 Antoni Rossochacki PAF (P/793457). Aged 26. Died 2nd November 1940. Buried Leconfield Churchyard, Yorkshire.


28th October 1940 - Church Fenton airfield, possibly attacked by enemy aircraft.

AC2 Basil Thomas Mitchell RAFVR (922882), aged 19. Died York (military hospital?) 1st November 1940. Buried Weston on the Green Churchyard, Oxfordshire.


30th October 1940 - Whitley P4972 - Dishforth airfield.

Second Pilot - Sgt John Raymond Brown RAFVR (745568), aged 20. Buried Blackburn Cemetery, Lancashire.


1st November 1940 - Ju88 4D+TS - Glaisdale.

Pilot - Fw Wilhelm Wowereit, aged 25. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Observer - Obfw Hans Schulte-Mater, aged 22. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Wireless Operator - Uffz Alfred Rodermond, aged 22. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Air Gunner - Uffz Gerhard Pohling, aged 25. Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.


8th November 1940 - Spitfire X4423 - Hackforth.

Pilot - Sgt Norman Richards Miller RAFVR (748303), aged 21. Buried Burton Latimer Churchyard, Northamptonshire.


16th November 1940 - Hampden X2908 - Goole.

Pilot - Sgt Colin Richardson RAF (529564), aged 23. Buried Adwick le Street Cemetery, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Second Pilot - Sgt Birt Brookes RAFVR (745413), aged 27. Buried Brighton and Preston Cemetery, Sussex.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Charles William Ian Parker RAFVR (904426), aged 19. Buried Rottingdean Churchyard, Sussex.


2nd December 1940 - Whitley P4958 - Aldwark.

Ground Crew - AC2 Frederick Percy Griffiths RAF (1250935), aged 24. Buried Newton on Ouse Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Ground Crew - AC1 Walter Douglas Victor Aldridge RAFVR (914347), aged 22. Buried Tottenham Cemetery, Middlesex.

Ground Crew - AC1 Alfred George Haslett RAF (913403), aged 20. Buried Heston Churchyard, Middlesex. (He was MiD on 1st January 1941).

Ground Crew - LAC Alfred John Patterson RAF (292439), aged 40. Buried Tynemouth Cemetery, Northumberland.

Ground Crew - LAC Robert Smith RAF (625232), aged 20. Buried Bedlington Cemetery, Northumberland.


7th December 1940 - Hampden L4103 - Blaxton.

Pilot - Sgt Joseph Donald Shilling RAFVR (741468), aged 22. Buried Farnborough Cemetery, Hampshire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt John Thomson RAF (647064), aged 21. Buried Finningley Churchyard Extension, Yorkshire.


15th December 1940 - Whitley T4138 - Arden Great Moor, North Yorkshire Moors.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Cyril Williams RAF (AAF)(818161), aged 28. Buried Topcliffe Cemetery, Yorkshire.


20th December 1940 - Blenheim L1467 - Hurst.

Pilot - Sgt Thomas Norman Wilson RAFVR (754004), aged 20. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Air Gunner - P/O George Henry Holmes DFM RAFVR (84682), aged 26. Died of injuries on 26th December 1940. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.


22nd December 1940 - Whitley P4994 - Leeming airfield.

Second Pilot - P/O Ross Leslie Flewelling RAF (42703), aged 24. Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire.


23rd December 1940 - Whitley P5098 - Linton on Ouse airfield.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Irwin Geoffrey Johnson RAFVR (938783). Buried Aston-cum-Aughton Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Possibly connected - AC2 Albert Edward Goulding RAF (978247) (35 Squadron). Buried Wigan Cemetery, Lancashire.


24th December 1940 - Ground incident, Catterick airfield.

LAC Derek John Ling RAFVR (937983), aged 27. Buried Romsley Churchyard, Worcestershire.


31st December 1940 - Hurricane P3267 - Risby Park, Beverley.

Pilot - Sgt Gordon Downs Bushell MiD RAFVR (745584), aged 24. Buried Bletchley Cemetery, Buckinghamshire.

"Lest We Forget"


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