Whitley P4972 at Dishforth airfield.

In the early hours of the 30th of October 1940 the crew on this aircraft were returning from Ops when the aircraft was caught in a crosswind while coming in to land and it undershot the runway. Sadly one of the crew was killed and the remaining crew were injured.

2nd Pilot - Sgt John R Brown RAFVR (745568), aged 20, of Blackpool. Buried Blackburn Cemetery, Lancs.

Pilot - P/O M E Sharp RAF, injured.

Obs - Sgt D H Crocker RAF, injured.

WOp - Sgt A Brittain RAF, injured.

AG - P/O S Storey RAF, injured. Possibly Stephen Storey RAF (78693).