Wellington W5441 near Middleton on the Wolds.
On the 12th of September 1941 the crew on this aircraft were undertaking a day time training flight when the aircraft suffered engine failure at around 17.00hrs, the pilot attempted to
force-land the aircraft near Middleton on the Wolds but ran through a number of hedges and ditches and across a road before the aircraft stopped.
Pilot - P/O Francis N Pope RAFVR (100069), of Colchester, Essex. Uninjured.
Crew - Names unknown, uninjured.
Francis Pope was a chartered accountant before being called up for active service. He was commissioned on 1st July 1941
but was sadly killed on 20th March 1942 after 104 Squadron were posted overseas, he is commemerated on the Alamein Memorial.
He was 25 years old.