Yorkshire Air Casualties - 1970 to 1979.

Below is believed to be a complete list of all air fatalities between 1970 and 1979 and links to the incident in which the casualties sadly lost their lives. 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. It is also worth saying that these most serious incidents in the 1970s are well within living memory. My few lines to many of these incidents clearly need to be more detailed but I also need to start somewhere. I will update and expand each webpage when I obtain more information.

20th July 1970 - EoN 2b Olympia BGA.995 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Victor Reginald Wright. Aged 30. Burial location unknown.

16th October 1970 - EoN 2b Olympia BGA.537 / G-ALKA - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Name unknown.

20th November 1970 - Whirlwind XL112 - Patrick Brompton.

Pilot -Captain John Horton Balser. Canadian Airmed Forces (233451). Aged 34. Buried Acaciaville (Hillgrove United Baptist) Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Winch Operator - Master Navigator Brian Henry Lock Sterland RAF (L4111750). Aged 35. Buried Leconfield Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Winchman - F/Sgt Charles Peter Ford (C1929815). Aged 31. Buried Leconfield Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Passenger - P/O Helen Susan McLaren WRAF (8031549), aged 21. Buried Logie Cemetery, Stirlingshire.

25th February 1971 - Druine D.61B Condor G-AXGY - Bessacarr.

Pilot - Mr Brian Edward Dalby, aged 31. Burial location unknown.

2nd March 1971 - Jet Provost XW300 - Cliffe.

Pilot - F/Lt Elwyn David Bell RAF (507722). Aged 29. Cremated York.

Pilot - P/O Bruce John Mowbrey Blackett RAF (8025249). Aged 20. Cremated South Essex Crematorium.

2nd March 1971 - Sea Prince WP312 - Cliffe.

Pilot - Commander David John Dunbar-Dempsey RN. Aged 37. Buried Royal Naval Cemetery, Yeovilton (F.5).

1st May 1971 - Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ASHT - Thornthwaite.

Pilot - Mr Harvey Beckwith. Aged 38. Buried Bradford Jewish Cemetery, Birks Fold, Bradford, Yorkshire.

19th August 1972 - Cobelavia T.66 Nipper G-AVKT - Burton Constable.

Pilot - Mr William Kenneth Charles. Aged 33. Cremated Chanterlands, Hull, East Yorkshire.

7th May 1973 - Jet Provost XR647 - Norton le Clay.

Civilian - Mr Walter Winston Brown. Aged 38. Burial location unknown.

Civilian - Mr Ernest William Mawer. Aged 23. Burial location unknown.

14th July 1973 - Jodel D.117 Grand Tourisme G-AZFK - Doncaster airfield.

Pilot - Mr James Watson. Aged 43. Burial location unknown.

29th May 1974 - Chipmunk G-AMUG - Yedingham.

Pilot - Mr Jeffrey Garnett. Aged 37. Burial location unknown.

26th October 1974 - Slingsby T.66 Nipper G-AVKH - Stokesley.

Pilot - Mr Peter Easton, aged 37. Buried Saltburn Cemetery, Yorkshire.

6th December 1974 - Piper Navajo Chieftain G-BBJG - Horsforth.

Pilot - Captain Peter Ronald Pitt. Aged 51. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Joseph Charles Hughes. Aged 47. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Stanley Foster. Aged 53. Buried Llanfoist Cemetery, Abergavenny, Wales.

Passenger - Mr Alan Creighton Smith. Aged 41. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Walter Wilmott Cooper. Aged 49. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Howard Lloyd Bowen. Aged 49. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr David Rhys-Jones. Aged 26. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Walter Leonard French. Aged 53. Burial location unknown.

19th July 1976 - LET L-13 Blanik BGA.1825 - Sutton Bank.

Pilot - Mr Michael Francis Neale. Aged 21. Buried Shepshed Cemetery, Leicestershire.

4th December 1976 - Practavia Pilot Sprite G-BDDB - Thorpe Willoughby.

Pilot - Mr Ernest Martin Woodhams. Aged 44. Burial location unknown.

1st June 1978 - Jet Provost XN598 - Gouthwaite Reservoir.

Pilot - F/Lt John Hutton Fox RAF (8024955). Aged 29. Cremated Bedford Crematorium.

21st June 1978 - Bulldog XX530 - Bilsdale.

Pilot - F/Lt John David Piercy BSc RAF (2616559). Aged 30. Buried Ampleforth RC Churchyard, Yorkshire (grave 252).

Pilot - Midshipman Mark Simon RN (C025993D). Aged 19. Cremated Medway, Kent.

27th April 1979 - Phantom 68-0560 - Lealholm.

Pilot - Major Donald Lee Schuyler USAF. Aged 33. Buried Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Navigator - 1st Lt Thomas Doyle Wheeler USAF. Aged 25. Buried Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA.

7th May 1979 - Schleicher Ka.2B BGA.2311 - Markington.

Passenger - Mr Patrick James McGrath. Aged 49. Burial location unknown.

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