Spitfire R7115 near East Hauxwell, Richmond.

On the 19th of September 1941 this aircraft dived into the ground from a height at 17.15hrs near East Hauxwell. The location is believed to be now within a military training area near the Gandale Camp. The pilot was killed in the accident and no cause for the accident was ever found.

Pilot - Sgt Ernest J Braund RAFVR (933623), aged 27, of Holburn, London. Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Ernest Braund was a reasonable footballer in his junior days having played for England boys amateur side in 1927 and at county level until 1934.