Whitley Z6937 near Dishforth airfield.

On the 8th of September 1941 this aircraft was returning from Ops to Berlin and the crew were attempting to land at Dishforth, the aircraft stalled and then crashed on the second overshot to the north of the airfield at 05.50hrs. Sadly three were killed in the crash and the two others were taken to the Station Sick Quarters where one died later the same day.

Pilot - Sgt John A Reynolds RAFVR (1164659), aged 21, of Reading. Buried Reading Cemetery, Berkshire.

2nd Pilot - P/O Leslie C R Wilson RAF (67691), aged ? Of ? Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Obs - Sgt Alexander A Jessup RAFVR (911895), aged 20, possibly of Broadway, Worcestershire. Died of injuries, Buried Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire.

WOp/AG - Sgt Albert E Barrett RAFVR (1152714), aged 25, of Plumstead. Buried Woolwich Cemetery, London.

AG - Sgt Duke, survived

P/O Wilson abd Sgt Jessup's graves in Dishforth Cemetery. Leslie Wilson was commissioned on 29th May 1941.