Yorkshire Air Casualties - 1945.
Below is believed to be a complete list of all air fatalities in Yorkshire between January and May 1945 and links to the webpages detailing the incidents in which the casualties sadly lost their lives. This list now forms a complete list of all of the most serious flying accidents in the county during the latter stages of the war.
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt James Harvey Sherridan RAFVR (1563203), aged 35. Buried Eastlands Cemetery, Galashiels, Scotland.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Wilfred Arthur Waite RAFVR (1415543), aged 23. Buried Pocklington Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Air Gunner - F/Sgt John Henry Newling RAFVR (1603523), aged 21. Buried Grantchester Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.
Passenger (Bombardier) - 1st Lt James Ernest Fields USAAF. Aged 25. Buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Bartesville, Oklahoma, USA.
Passenger (Flight Engineer) - T/Sgt Phillip Mazzagatti USAAF (38420922). Aged 26. Buried Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas, USA.
Passenger (Navigator) - 2nd Lt Orvie Odell Casto USAAF (O-722444). Aged 21. Buried East Lawn Memorial Park, Reno, Ohio, USA.
Passenger (ground crew?) - S/Sgt Edgar Eugene Lyon USAAF (16033854). Aged 25. Buried Cambridge Military Cemetery, UK (F/6/140).
Bomb Aimer - Sgt Kenneth William Thomas Sutton RAFVR (474543), aged 26. Buried Southport Churchyard, Lancashire.
Pilot - F/O Owen Munro Wovenden Clarson RCAF (J/25795), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/12).
Passenger (Pilot) - F/O John Donald Stewart Barkell RAF (150443), aged 21. Buried Botley Cemetery, Oxford.
Passenger (Pilot) - F/O Norman Geoffrey Riley RCAF (J/26110), aged 24. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/13).
Pilot - F/Lt Laurence Gerard Sullivan DFM RAAF (409250), aged 32. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/3).
Pilot - F/Lt Dudley Edgar Ball DFC RAAF (420849), aged 24. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/4).
Pilot - F/O John Wallace Richard Walsh RCAF (J/38040), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/10).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Kenneth Millard Hillis RCAF (R/254854), aged 30. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/11).
Navigator - Sous Lt Joseph Robert Real Gingras RCAF (J/41544), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/9).
Bomb Aimer - Sous Lt Robert Joseph Dubeau RCAF (J/41523), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/8).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - WO2 Jean Jacques Marcel Simard RCAF (R/125326), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/7).
Rear Gunner - F/Sgt Joseph Leon Alfred Chauvin RCAF (R/207284), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/E/6).
Pilot - F/O Frank William Mooney RCAF (J/38975), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/6).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Albert Russel Robson RCAF (R/223493), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/8).
Navigator - F/O James Alexander McCrea RCAF (J/40900), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/4).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Duncan Pearson McGregor RCAF (J/40652), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/3).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Joseph Aloysius Savy RCAF (R/202506), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/7).
Mid Upper Gunner - Sgt Angus John MacDonell RCAF (R/283114), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/9).
Rear Gunner - Sgt Leonard Charles Stavenow RCAF (R/283110), aged 19. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/5).
Pilot - F/Sgt Geoffrey Walton RAFVR (1578741), aged 22. Buried Castle Church Churchyard, Staffordshire.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Michael Richard O'Sullivan RAFVR (1799564), aged 23. Buried Castlemahon Old Graveyard, Limerick, Ireland.
Pilot - F/Lt Norman Garforth RAFVR (138682), aged 23. Buried Halifax Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Flight Engineer - F/Sgt John Vempley Sweet RAFVR (930413), aged 35. Buried Warrison Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt Irvine Lawrence Johns RCAF (R/182696), aged 28. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/E/1).
Mid Upper Gunner - Sgt Reginald John Horton RAFVR (1853371), aged 19. Buried Reading Cemetery, Berkshire.
Rear Gunner - F/Sgt Terence Cornelius House RAFVR (1424247), aged 22. Buried Merthyr Dyfan Burial Ground, Barry, Glamorgan.
Pilot - W/Co Edwin Mountford Williams AFC RCAF (C/988), aged 28. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/6).
Flight Enginer - Sgt Leslie Tongue RAFVR (2221300), aged 26. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/1).
Navigator - P/O Robert James Nicolls RCAF (J/94159), aged 28. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/4).
Bomb Aimer - P/O Russell Edmund James Chatfield RCAF (J/94103), aged 32. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/2).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O Gordon James Doyle RCAF (J/94756), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/3).
Air Gunner - F/O Wallace Fleming RCAF (J/18971), aged 30. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/5).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Edward Max Bowman RCAF (R/64172), aged 27. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/F/15).
Navigator - F/Sgt Keith Innes Gove RCAF (R/203035), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/F/14).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Maurice Frederick Stevens RCAF (J/41771), aged 34. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/F/13).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt William Charles Watts RCAF (R/223796), aged 19. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/F/16).
Pilot - 2nd Lt Clifton Frank Lambert USAAF (O-824144), aged 23. Buried Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Died of injuries on 3rd February 1945.
Co-Pilot - F/O Willard Woods McCord USAAF (T-003078), aged?. Buried Cambridge Madingley Cemetery, UK (B/4/11).
Navigator - 2nd Lt Robert A Peabody USAAF (O-2070454), aged 21. Buried Oakdale Cemetery, Middleton, Massachusetts, USA.
Radio Operator - T/Sgt Paul N Hoover USAAF (39128872), aged 30. Buried Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California, USA.
Air Gunner - S/Sgt Benny M Chmiel USAAF, aged 29. Buried Holy Trinity Polish National Catholic Church Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA.
Air Gunner - S/Sgt Glenn M Whitaker USAAF (37619020), aged 22. Buried Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Missouri, USA.
Air Gunner - S/Sgt Fain L Hickerson USAAF (39916877), aged 21. Buried Cambridge Madingley Cemetery, UK (B/5/11).
Pilot - S/Ldr Harold Keith Stinson DFC RCAF (J/8418), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/10).
Flight Engineer - P/O Edward Henry Thompson RAFVR (187130), aged 20. Buried Hampstead Cemetery, London.
Navigator - F/O Donald James McMillan RCAF (J/35716), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/9).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O John Thomas McShane RCAF (J/89146), aged 25. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/8).
Mid Upper Gunner - P/O Roy Pierson RCAF (J/92192), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/7).
Pilot - P/O Noel Henry Sisley RAAF (425979), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/F/1).
Flight Enginer - Sgt Peter Raymond Jefferies RAFVR (3030814), aged 19. Buried Stagsden Churchyard, Bedfordshire.
Navigator - Sgt Thomas Aidan Gibson RAFVR (1673230), aged 21. Buried Bamburgh Churchyard, Northumberland.
Bomb Aimer - Sgt Alexander Gray RAFVR (1565369), aged 22. Buried Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Martin Delahunty RAFVR (1683581), aged 21. Buried Prestwich Churchyard Extension, Lancashire.
Mid Upper Gunner - F/Sgt Bradford William Owen Dockerty RAFVR (1801212), aged 21. Buried Abingdon New Cemetery, Berkshire.
Pilot - 2nd Lt Henry L Thompson USAAF (O-813608), aged 26. Missing. Commemorated at Madingley Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.
Flight Engineer - Sgt James Duncan Campbell RCAF (J/94333), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/14).
Navigator - P/O George Howard Fetherston RCAF (J/94144), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/15).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Grant Albert Cahoon RCAF (J/38389), aged 27. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/2).
Air Gunner - P/O James Christopher Laing RCAF (J/94146), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/1).
Air Gunner - P/O Clifford Elmer Houston RCAF (J/94145), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/F/16).
Pilot - F/Lt Arthur Benson Summers RCAF (J/15785), aged 24. Buried Chester Blacon Cemetery (A/708).
Air Frame Mechanic - LAC Vernon Gilbert Mattson RCAF (R/202907), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/3).
Pilot - Sgt Pawel Struniewski PAF (P/784960), aged 20. Buried Barrow in Furness Cemetery, Lancashire (7/2619).
Pilot - F/O William Smith Anderson RCAF (J/41164), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/5).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Harry Evans RAFVR (2210219), aged 25. Buried Whiston Churchyard, Lancashire.
Navigator - F/O John Charles Sinden RCAF (J/37506), aged 32. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/8).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Lloyd Ingram Jones RCAF (J/40037), aged 33. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/7).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/O Stanley Arthur Hay RCAF (J/39167), aged 32. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/6).
Air Gunner - P/O Earl Albert Henry Sills RCAF (J/94220), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/4).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Cyril Roy Bobby RAFVR (154328), aged 21. Cremated Canley, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Pilot – F/Lt Peter Franklin Robb RCAF (J/5118), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/7).
Navigator – F/Lt Donald Scott MacNabb RCAF (J/13273), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/8). Died of injuries 24th February 1945.
Bomb Aimer – F/O Frederick Einar Casher RCAF (J/37805), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/10). Died of injuries 24th February 1945.
Mid Upper Gunner – F/Sgt Herbert Henry Hockley RCAF (R/104233), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/9). Died of injuries 23rd February 1945.
Pilot - F/O Richard McDiarmid Scott RCAF (J/41118), aged 26. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/2).
Flight Engineer - F/Sgt Frederick George Fisher RCAF (R/275323), aged 30. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/6).
Navigator - F/O Sidney Thomas Carson RCAF (J/40896), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/3).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Kenneth Frank Whitehouse RCAF (J/40342), aged 25. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/1).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O Angus Mackie RCAF (J/94615), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/4).
Mid Upper Gunner - F/Sgt Morley Junior Brewer RCAF (R/212339), aged 19. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/G/5).
Pilot - F/Lt Christopher Alan Rogers RAFVR (150123), aged 22. Buried Billing Road Cemetery, Northampton.
Flight Engineer - P/O Cyril John Wilson Muir RAFVR (186969), aged 21. Buried Highcliffe Churchyard, Hampshire.
Navigator - F/O Douglas John Harris RAFVR (154392), aged 21. Buried Cheddar Churchyard, Somerset.
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt Robert Henry Houldey RAFVR (1586441), aged 21. Buried Corse Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt John Wilfred Middleton RAFVR (1254118), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/2).
Air Gunner - Sgt John Joseph Emerson Dent RAFVR (3041986), aged 20. Buried Waterhouses Cemetery, Durham.
Air Gunner - Sgt Edward Anthony Jack Farrow RAFVR (3005547), aged 19. Buried Aldeby Churchyard, Norfolk.
Air Gunner - P/O William Thomas Maltby RCAF (J/93797), aged 19. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/12).
Pilot - F/O Alan Percy William Shelton RAAF (428602), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/5).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Walter Edward Welsh RAFVR (1606174), aged 20. Buried Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset.
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt Roger Robert Johnson RAAF (437965), aged 24. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/4).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Gregory Wills Dixon RAAF (428968), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/6).
Pilot - Ltn Jean Marie Bernard Louis Terrien FFAF (00479), aged 30. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - Hptm Johann Dreher (69873/111), aged 24. Buried Cannock Chase Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Wireless Operator - Fw Gustav Schmitz (69873/42), aged 24. Buried Cannock Chase Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Radar Operator - Obfw Hugo Boker (69039/162), aged 28. Buried Cannock Chase Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Mechanic - Fw Martin Bechter (53578/266), aged 28. Buried Cannock Chase Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Civilian - Mr Richard Herbert Moll, aged 67. Died of injuries 5th March 1945. Buried Dunnington Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Civilian - Mrs Ellen Moll, aged 61. Died of injuries 4th March 1945. Buried Dunnington Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Civilian - Mrs Violet Moll, aged 28. Died of injuries 4th March 1945. Buried Dunnington Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Pilot - F/Lt John Gifford Laurence Laffoley RCAF (J/26398), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/9).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Cecil Harry Finch RAFVR (1877705), aged 37. Buried Clifton Road Cemetery, Rugby, Warwickshire.
Bomb Aimer - P/O Leonard Alfred Thorndycraft RCAF (J/92417), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/8).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Peter Harold Field RAFVR (1390891), aged 22. Buried Halstead Churchyard, Kent.
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Ernest William Bradshaw RAFVR (752204), aged 27. Buried Chingford Mount Cemetery, Essex.
Pilot - P/O Kenneth William Griffey RCAF (J/92644), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/16).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Sidney Forster RAFVR (1589967), aged 21. Buried St.Nicholas Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Navigator - WO2 John William Buttrey RCAF (R/123964), aged 21. Buried Pulverbatch Churchyard, Shropshire.
Bomb Aimer - F/O George Henry Lloyd RCAF (J/42728), aged 19. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/15).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - WO2 Lawrence Theodore Chevrier RCAF (R/180951), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/1).
Air Gunner - Sgt Leonard Boardman RCAF (R/89500), aged 27. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/9).
Air Gunner - F/Sgt John Edward Fielder RCAF (R/278513), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/G/14).
Pilot - F/O Earl William Clark RCAF (J/89818), aged 27. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/19).
Flight Engineer - Sgt James Burton Kirby RAFVR (1606854), aged 20. Buried Windsor Cemetery, Berkshire.
Bomb Aimer - F/O William Hugh Oakes RCAF (J/40103), aged 25. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/20).
Air Gunner - P/O Jerome Aquinius Epoch RCAF (J/94406), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/18).
Pilot - S/Ldr Eric Thomas Garrett RCAF (J/10741), aged 24. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/12).
Flight Engineer - P/O Eric Stanley Jerome RAFVR (195710), aged 24. Buried Acton Cemetery, Middlesex.
Navigator - F/O John Leslie Atkinson RCAF (J/35829), aged 32. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/11).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Kenneth George Parker RCAF (J/36081), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/10).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O William Gordon Miller RCAF (J/94338), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/1).
Air Gunner - P/O John Blair Linstead RCAF (J/94527), aged 19. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/9).
Air Gunner - P/O Harold Dick McLeod RCAF (J/94365), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/8).
Pilot - P/O Mark Sylvester Harold Anderson RCAF (J/92728), aged 23. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/12).
Flight Engineer - P/O Joseph Donat Fernard Eugene Roy RCAF (J/94670), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/15).
Navigator - P/O Joseph Emile Roland Beaudry RCAF (J/94216), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/13).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Ronald Edward Oscar Charron RCAF (J/40447), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/11).
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Joseph Louis Paul Seguin RCAF (R/171212), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/8).
Air Gunner - P/O Joseph Louis Gaston Pelletier RCAF (J/94603), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/14).
Pilot - P/O Roald Frederick Sollie RCAF (J/93048), aged 27. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/15).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Robert Louis Dinnen RAFVR (221828), aged 21. Buried Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/12).
Navigator - P/O William Gaba RCAF (J/94503), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/13).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Emmet Soloman Kaechele RCAF (J/92691), aged 27. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/14).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/O Robert George Smith RCAF (J/87951), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/16).
Rear Gunner - P/O Ralph Oscar Battler RCAF (J/94502), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/H/11).
Pilot - F/O Humphrey Stanley Watts RCAF (J/37111), aged 28. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/16).
Flight Engineer - P/O William Albert Togwell RAFVR (195231), aged 25. Buried Nottingham Road Cemetery, Derby.
Navigator - F/O Frank MacGregor Myers RCAF (J/39365), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/17).
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt William Albert Way RCAF (J/94149), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/15).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O Benedict Joseph McCarthy RCAF (J/94463), aged 27. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/3).
Air Gunner - P/O Maxwell Warren Coones RCAF (J/95426), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/14).
Air Gunner - P/O Richard Alan Biggerstaff RCAF (J/95425), aged 18 (or 19?). Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/13).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Frederick Charles Henry Ray RAAF (434011), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/K/4).
Pilot - F/Lt Ivor Emerson RCAF (J/11482), aged 29. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/7).
Flight Engineer - P/O Walter Thomas Symes RAFVR (195926), aged 21. Buried Thorncombe Churchyard, Dorset.
Navigator - F/O Alick Matheson Hutchison RCAF (J/39872), aged 25. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/6).
Bomb Aimer - F/O Thomas Marnoch Campbell RCAF (J/39018), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/5).
Air Gunner - P/O John Neil MacDougall RCAF (J/94554), aged 22. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/2).
Air Gunner - P/O Raymond Hilton Turner RCAF (J/94478), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/P/4).
Civilian - Mrs Lydia Helstrip, aged 80. Died 28 Nunthorpe Grove, York. Burial location unknown.
Civilian - Mrs Laura Thompson, aged 74. Died 28 Nunthorpe Grove, York. Burial location unknown.
Rescuer - Cpt Noel Herbert Messent (212286). Pioneer Corps. Aged 37. Buried New Hall Lane Cemetery, Preston, Lancashire.
Rescuer - Pte Joseph Cadman (14791835) RAOC, aged 35?. Buried Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Rescuer - Soldato Natale Giovacchini, Italian PoW / collaborator. Aged 36. Buried Fulford Cemetery, York (1/Q/16).
Pilot - F/O Arthur Robert Lowe RCAF (J/29556), aged 23. Initially buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire. Buried Red Bank Fairview Cemetery, New Jersey, USA.
Flight Engineer - Sgt James Laurids Lynch RCAF (R/201189), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/16).
Air Gunner - F/O Paul John Hall RCAF (J/43949), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/10).
Air Gunner - P/O John William Hyde RCAF (J/95349), aged 35. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/H/9).
Navigator - F/O Joseph Hooper RAFVR (157579), aged 34. Buried Selby Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt William George Mowbray RAFVR (1685751), aged 22. Buried Upperby Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumbria.
Air Gunner - F/O Edward Henry Ewin RAFVR (154904), aged 23. Buried Selby Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Air Gunner - F/O Walter Dennis Waller RAFVR (154752), aged 23. Buried Sketty (Bethel) Chapelyard, Glamorgan.
AC1 Donald McMillan RAFVR (1269034), aged 36. Buried Kilkerran Cemetery, Campbeltown, Argyll.
LAC Leslie John Cook RAFVR (1541354), aged 22. Buried Bowling Cemetery, Bradford, Yorkshire (2/101).
Pilot - F/O Stanley George Chopping RAFVR (188188), aged 22. Buried Kinson Churchyard, Hampshire.
Second Pilot - P/O David Johnston Hovell RAFVR (184910), aged 31. Buried Dundee Eastern Necropolis, Angus.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Griffith Williams RAFVR 93010661), aged 19. Buried Minffordd Cemetery, Merioneth.
Navigator - F/Sgt George Henry Elliott RAFVR (1607037), aged 33. Buried Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery, Hampshire.
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt Mowbray Samuel George Mumford RAFVR (1389826), aged 22. Buried Northwood Cemetery, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt John Samuel Davies RAFVR (1514786), aged 23. Buried Ripon Cemetery, Yorkshire (A/105).
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Victor Henry Andrews RAFVR (3005078), aged 19. Buried Alderton Churchyard, Suffolk.
Air Gunner - Sgt John Lambert Bird RAFVR (2225274), aged 24. Buried Newbrough Churchyard, Northumberland.
Pilot - S/C Gabriel Aime Lacaze FFAF (2661). Aged 31. Died of injuries. Burial location unknown.
Flight Engineer - Adj Jean Eugene Gribouva FFAF (466), aged 34. Burial location unknown.
Navigator - Ltn Jacques Philippe Deplus FFAF (003052), aged 28. Burial location unknown.
Bomb Aimer - Asp Francois Louis Marie Dufresnoy FFAF (36718), aged 26. Burial location unknown.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt James Robert Charpentier FFAF (36484), aged 22. Burial location unknown.
Air Gunner - Sgt Georges Gabriel Maxime Tartarinn FFAF (1675), aged 22. Burial location unknown.
Air Gunner - Sgt Pierre Louis Leon Touzart FFAF (1677), aged 22. Now buried Longpre-les-Corps Saints. France.
Pilot - Cmdt Georges Camille Ostre FFAF (3361), aged 27. Burial location unknown.
Navigator - Capt (Father) Raymond Julien Adolphe Chevalier FFAF (36290), aged 35. Burial location unknown.
Air Gunner - Lt Antonin Lacharie Chemin FFAF (814), aged 31. Burial location unknown.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Adj Henri Chabres FFAF (37435), aged 27. Burial location unknown.
Air Gunner - Sgt Rene Maurius Eugene Ramond FFAF (1423), aged 26. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - S/Ldr James Richard Tobin AFC RAFO (39909), aged 30. Buried Dalston Road Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumbria (18/A/14).
Pilot - AC2 Waclaw Dabrowski PAF (P.706450), aged 20. Buried Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
Pilot - F/Lt Gerald Arthur Clark RAFVR (160772), aged 24. Cremated Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Pupil Pilot - F/O William Gordon Craig DFC RAAF (416549), aged 23. Buried Darlington West Cemetery, Co.Durham.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Bertram Frederick Griggs RAFVR (1293225), aged 25. Buried Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon.
Pilot - F/O Dugald John Watson RAAF (417914), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H.J.11).
Flight Engineer - P/O Roylance Sydney King RAFVR (187081), aged 20. Buried Southend on Sea Cemetery, Essex.
Navigator - F/Lt William Alan Clarke Patterson DFC RAFVR (129483), aged 23. Buried Hexham Cemetery, Northumberland.
Bomb Aimer - P/O George Alan Halliday RAAF (427322), aged 28. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H.J.12).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/O Robert Michael Gale RAFVR (146092), aged 24. Buried Roundhay (St.John) Churchyard, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Air Gunner - P/O Alfred John Damm RAAF (426550), aged 32. Buried Dalnottar Cemetery, Scotland.
Air Gunner - F/O William Gerrard Flynn DFM RAFVR (158001), aged 32. Buried Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire.
Navigator - WO2 Thomas William Fry RCAF (R/192965), aged 21. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/J/6).
Bomb Aimer - F/Sgt James Maurice Pougnet RCAF (R/190262), aged 24. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (G/J/6).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Maurice Henry Steele RAFVR (1890024), aged 20. Buried Shoreham-by-Sea Cemetery, Sussex.
Civilian - Mr James Thompson, aged 51. Burial location unknown.
Pilot - F/Sgt Michael Ausgustine O'Connell RNZAF (NZ.43166), aged 24. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire.
Pilot - F/O William Howard Porritt RCAF (J/86081), aged 25. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/J/15).
Fitter - LAC Joseph Donat Marcel Bedard RCAF (R/177118), aged 20. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/J/13).
Armourer - LAC Regis Fernand Charbonneau RCAF (R/268734), aged 19. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (H/J/14).
"Lest We Forget"
1st January 1945 - Halifax LW158 - Pocklington.
1st January 1945 - Halifax LV785 - Melbourne.
2nd January 1945 - B24 42-100322 - Burn Moor, Forest of Bowland.
6th January 1945 - Halifax MZ366 - North Frodingham.
8th January 1945 - Oxford LW903 - Urra Moor, North York Moors.
10th January 1945 - Mosquito NS891 - Wharram Percy.
14th January 1945 - Halifax MZ466 - Cold Kirby.
15th January 1945 - Halifax LK878 - Felixkirk.
26th January 1945 - Halifax NA574 - West Haddlesey.
28th January 1945 - Halifax LW164 - Skipton on Swale airfield.
28th January 1945 - Halifax LL576 - Pateley Bridge.
31st January 1945 - B24 42-51193 - Hutton Buscel.
1st February 1945 - Lancaster NG460 - Cundall.
2nd February 1945 - Halifax MZ492 - Lockington.
7th February 1945 - Mustang 42-106809 - Cayton.
9th February 1945 - Halifax NP682 - Walshford.
9th February 1945 - Hurricane LF535 - Dalton.
13th February 1945 - Halifax LW414 - Topcliffe airfield.
14th? February 1945 - Mustang FX931 - High Bentham
14th February 1945 - Halifax NA179 - Tholthorpe.
17th February 1945 - Halifax RG444 - Brantingham.
23rd February 1945 - Halifax LW139 - Exelby.
27th February 1945 - Halifax RG347 - Leeming airfield.
4th March 1945 - Halifax PN437 - Sledmere.
4th March 1945 - Halifax NA584 - Carnaby airfield.
4th March 1945 - Halifax NR179 - Fridaythorpe (or Sutton upon Derwent?).
4th March 1945 - Halifax NR235 - Sutton upon Derwent.
4th March 1945 - Junkers Ju88 D5+AX - Elvington.
4th March 1945 - Halifax HX332 - Spellow Hill.
4th March 1945 - Halifax NA612 - Brafferton.
5th March 1945 - Halifax NA184 - Copt Hewick.
5th March 1945 - Halifax PN228 - Nun Monkton.
5th March 1945 - Halifax MZ845 - Nun Monkton.
5th March 1945 - Halifax NA190 - Aberford.
5th March 1945 - Halifax NP793 - Hutton le Hole.
5th March 1945 - Halifax LV949 - killed abandoning aircraft in Bridlington area.
5th March 1945 - Halifax LW210 - York.
5th March 1945 - Halifax MZ454 - Little Ouseburn.
5th March 1945 - Halifax LL544 - Skipwith.
10th March 1945 - Halifax LK786 - Marston Moor airfield.
14th March 1945 - Halifax NP932 - Pollington.
15th March 1945 - Halifax MZ830 - Duggleby.
15th March 1945 - Halifax NR287 - Scawton.
16th March 1945 - Firebrand DK386 - Brough.
16th March 1945 - Harvard FX381 - Wroot (possibly in Lincolnshire).
5th April 1945 - Wellington LN585 - Blaxton.
9th April 1945 - Halifax LW172 - Tibthorpe.
9th April 1945 - Halifax MZ361 - Warter.
10th April 1945 - Lancaster ME540 - Leeming airfield.
12th April 1945 - Tiger Moth T6464 - Chew Reservoir, Peak District.
16th April 1945 - Halifax NP805 - East Moor airfield.
There were no fatal flying accidents in Yorkshire before V.E.Day in May 1945.
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