Halifax L9614 at Leeming airfield.

On the 29th of December 1941 the crew on this aircraft were taking off to carry out a training flight at 15.10hrs when their aircraft was in collision with Halifax V9981 at Leeming airfield. Both aircraft were damaged beyond repair and two airmen on this aircraft were sadly killed.

Pilot - Sgt Warrington W Tripp RCAF (R/52883), aged 21, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (or Westmount, Quebec). Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire.

WOp/AG - Sgt William C Green RAFVR (932940), aged 21, of Brighton, Sussex. Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire.

Rest of crew - Names unknown.

I was passing Leeming in December 2009 and visited Sgt Tripp and Sgt Green's graves on a winters day, exactly 68 years to the day of their deaths.