Lake District flying accident casualties.

Below is believed to be a complete list of all air fatalities to have occurred in the English Lake District National Park and links to the incident in which the casualties sadly lost their lives.


2nd September 1916 - FBA 3648 - Windermere.

Pilot - F/Lt Harold Alexander Bower RNAS, aged 22, buried Norwood Cemetery, London (120.34398).


4th June 1937 - Vildebeest K4607 - Crinkle Crags.

Pilot - Sgt Frank Wilkinson RAF (514400), of Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Burial location unknown.

Mechanic / Passenger - LAC Alexander Mitchell RAF (506589?). Burial location unknown.


5th June 1937 - Kart K6614 - Thresthwaite Cove.

Pilot - Sgt Joseph Mitchell (564264?), aged 24. Buried First Drumbanagher and Jerrettspass Presbyterian Church, Co.Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Mechanic / Passenger - LAC Gerald Murray. Buried Lurgan Cemetery, Co.Armagh, Northern Ireland.


14th May 1938 - Vega Gull G-AFGU - Latrigg.

Pilot - Mr Samuel Smith. aged 32, of Heaton, Newcastle. Buried All Saints Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Passenger - Mr Robert Gold Ratcliffe, aged 26, of Newcastle. Buried West Road Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Passenger - Mr Norman Tennant Ayton, aged 30, of Wickham, Newcastle. Burial location unknown.


31st March 1941 - Hurricane V6987 - Glenridding.

Pilot - P/O Thomas Charles Smith RAF (61251), aged 29, of Nottingham. Cremated Nottingham (Panel 5).


31st March 1941 - Hurricane V7539 - Scar Crags.

Pilot - F/O John Wilfred Seddon RAFVR (74711), aged 23, of Kingston on Thames, Surrey. Buried Painswick Cemetery, Gloucestershire (Cons/998).


12th April 1941 - Oxford T1201 - Braithwaite.

Pilot - F/O Colwyn William Reeves Sawyer RAF (41212), aged 23. Buried Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Frederick John Bliss RAFVR (912225), aged 27, of Blackheath, London. Buried Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria.

Passenger - F/Lt Reginald Edwin Brice RAF (43334), aged c42. Buried Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria.


6th May 1941 - Hurricane V6921 - Burnbank Fell.

Pilot - Sgt Bohumil Votruba RAFVR (787435). Of Czechoslovakia. Buried Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria.


12th August 1941 - Hurricane V6565 - Scafell.

Pilot - P/O Zygmund Hohne PAF (P/0975), aged 24, buried Castletown Cemetery, Sunderland (D/1/721).


12th August 1941 - Hurricane V7742 - Scafell.

Pilot - Sgt Stanislaw Karubin DFM PAF (793420), aged 25, buried Castletown Cemetery, Sunderland (D/1/722).


8th September 1941 - Hector K8096 - Red Pike (Wasdale).

Pilot - F/O James Anderson Craig DFC RAFO (70146), aged 50, of Glengarnock, North Ayrshire. Buried Beith New Burial Ground, Ayrshire.


2nd November 1941 - Oxford AT486 - Caw Fell.

Pilot - Sgt Charles-Andre Des Baillets RCAF (R/79007), aged 22, of Ste.Marguerite, Lake Masson, Province of Quebec, Canada. Buried Haverigg Churchyard, Millom, Cumbria.

Observer (U/T) - LAC Henry Hodgkinson RAFVR (1176415), aged 29, of Allestree, Derby. Buried Nottingham Road Cemetery, Derby (Sec.F. Grave 2065).


28th November 1941 - Dominie X7402 - Derwent Water.

Pilot - Sgt Cedric Gordon Allen Tabor RAFVR (1051995), aged 22, of Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire. Buried Troqueer Cemetery, Dumfries, Scotland.

Observer (U/T) - LAC James Edward Barry Hards RAF (657558), aged 23. Buried Dumfries RC Cemetery, Scotland.

Observer (U/T) - LAC James Ward RAF (657968), aged 29. Buried Leeds Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yorkshire (Scn Wall BT/14).

Observer (U/T) - LAC Dennis James Laidman RAFVR (1318658), aged 21, of North Finchley, London. Buried St.Pancras Cemetery, London (6D/61).

Observer (U/T) - LAC Ronald Frederick George Griffin RAFVR (1338278), aged 19, of Swindon. Buried Swindon Burial Ground, Wiltshire (Ext/417).

Observer (U/T) - LAC Leonard Morris RAFVR (1501436), aged 19, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Buried Leeds (Hill Top) Jewish Cemetery, commemorated Leeds Gelderd Road English Hebrew Cemetery.


21st December 1941 - Hudson AM624 - Dent.

Pilot - F/O Stuart Daniel John Dalgleish RAF (44133), aged 28, of Edinburgh. Buried Hertford Cemetery, Hertfordshire (I.5/29).

Observer - Sgt Earle Douglas Parrish RCAF (R/77526), aged 23, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Charles Harry Page RAFVR (1359485), aged? Of Liberton, Edinburgh. Buried Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh (E/748).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt John William Leadill RAF (1325761), aged 26, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Buried Woodlands Cemetery, Scarborough.


1st January 1942 - Defiant N3432 - Sallows.

Pilot - Sgt Hiram Wolf RCAF (R/77476), aged 24. Buried Rainsough Jewish Cemetery, Prestwich, Lancashire (B/88).


8th February 1942 - Wellington T2614 - Burn Tod.

Pilot - Sgt Leslie George John Mizen RAFVR (1288036), aged 32, of Osterley, London. Buried Heston Churchyard, Middlesex (Old Sect/24AA).

Pilot - Sgt James Graham Hardie RAF (655306), aged 21, of Birkenhead. Buried Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery, Cheshire (Non-Con/2/649).

Observer - P/O Denis John Richardson RCAF (J/6134), aged 22, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Edward George Jenner RCAF (R/78631), aged 22, of Goderich, Ontario, Canada. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Louis Joseph Raymond Bechard RCAF (R/55401), aged 21, of Quebec City, Canada. Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.


9th June 1942 - Climbing accident on Wetherlam - airman attached to No.2 (O)A.F.U.

Observer - P/O Reginald Maddern Harris RAFVR (117159), aged 32, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Buried Milverton Cemetery, Leamington, Warwickshire (84/2).


26th June 1942 - Hurricane P2877 - Dent.

Pilot - Sgt Benet Nicholls RAF (610074), aged 28, of Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Buried Warwick Bridge RC Churchyard, Cumbria.


5th September 1942 - Wellington DV600 - Borrowdale.

Pilot - F/Sgt William Bruce Sage RCAF (R/105629), aged 19, of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.

Observer – F/Sgt George Edward Derbyshire RCAF (R/102185), aged 33, of Willows, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.

Observer (/Bomb Aimer) – Sgt Jack Lionel Brovender RCAF (R/90611), aged ? Of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Buried Layton Jewish Cemetery, Blackpool, Lancashire (N/450).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner – F/Sgt James Anderson RCAF (R/92541), aged 21, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner – Sgt Henry Brown Burnett RAFVR (652923), aged 20, of Biggar, South Lanarkshire. Buried Culter Churchyard, Biggar, Lanarkshire.


20th September 1942 - Anson N4869 - Muncaster Fell.

Pilot - WO Thomas William Jupp RAFVR (909889), aged 23, of Compton, Surrey. Buried Haverigg Churchyard, Millom, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Charles Henry Kemp RAF (650479), aged 21, of Windsor, Berkshire. Buried Windsor Cemetery, Berkshire (FN/314).

Navigator (U/T) - Cpl Sydney Elliott RAFVR (657986), aged 27, of Wylam. Buried Ovingham Burial Ground, Prudhoe, Northumberland.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner (U/T) - LAC Douglas Charles Lord RAFVR (1219799), aged 20, of Leicester. Buried Gilroes Cemetery, Leicester (GG/1118).

Navigator (U/T) - LAC Ernest George Goodall RAFVR (1390472), aged 21, of Hammersmith, London. Buried Mortlake Cemetery, Surrey (Plot 16/Sec C/Coll Grave 3/(Scn Wall).


1st October 1942 - Anson DJ410 - Great Gable.

Pilot - WO2 Frederick Orchard Cadham RCAF (R/77498), aged 25. Of Hampstead, Province of Quebec, Canada. Died of injuries. Buried Haverigg Churchyard, Millom, Cumbria.


14th October 1942 - Beechcraft Model 18 (ID UNKNOWN) - Old Man of Coniston.

Pilot - Mr George Werner Bransom, aged 43, of Forestville, Maryland, USA. Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA.

Co-Pilot - Mr Osborne Roy Keith Jnr, aged 21, of Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA. Burial location unknown, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Passenger - F/O George Bevil Grenfell RAFVR (110366), aged 36, of Capetown, South Africa. Buried Lane End Churchyard, Buckinghamshire (Grave 388).


10th November 1942 - Hudson AM680 - Beda Fell.

Pilot - F/Sgt John Frederick Saunders RAFVR (1266497), aged 27, of London. Cremated Enfield, Middlesex (Panel 3).

Navigator - P/O Derric Isaac Jones RAFVR (120809), aged 22, of Carmarthen. Buried Carmarthen Cemetery, Carmarthenshire, Wales (H/290).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Stanley Alfred Veasey RAFVR (1376462), aged 29, of Camberwell, London. Buried Camberwell New Cemetery, London (Square 118/7487).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Harold Dickinson RAFVR (1056292), aged 26, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.


20th November 1942 - Spitfire AD544 - Howtown.

Pilot - F/O Ryszard Josef Strozak PAF (P/1498 OR P/1798), aged 26. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.


16th December 1942 - Wellington X3336 - Ullock Pike.

Pilot - F/Sgt Reginald Victor Walker Bellew RAF (655304), aged 21, of Higher Bebington, Cheshire. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.

Observer - Sgt Arthur James Dubben RAFVR (1317232), aged 21, of Dorchester. Buried Dorchester Cemetery, Dorset (A/21011).

Navigator - P/O Anthony Higgins RCAF (J/13418), aged 33, of Welling. Buried East Wickham Churchyard (St.Michael), Kent (Special Mem).

Navigator - P/O Ronald Stanley Goodwin RAFVR (124319), aged 20, of Highbury, London. Buried Islington Cemetery, London (Z/28/20580P).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner (U/T) - Sgt George Walter Hicks RAFVR (1381897), aged 22, of Poplar, London. Buried City of London Cemetery, Manor Park, Essex (Square 192/110608).

Air Gunner - Sgt Richard Woffendale Lawton RCAF (R/72939), aged 24, of Saint John, New Brunswick. Canada. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.


1st January 1943 - Anson AX145 - Frozen Fell.

Pilot - P/O William Basil Cheale Thompson RCAF (J/16171), aged 21, of Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O Bruce Oswald Bown RAAF (413950), aged 30, of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. Buried Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt George David Singleton RAFVR (1257904), aged 21, of Hampton Hill, Middlesex. Buried Hampton Hill Churchyard, Middlesex (old Part).

Navigator - Sgt Edwin Omer Knight RAAF (414574), aged 21, of Oxley, Queensland, Australia. Buried Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria.

Navigator (U/T) - P/O William Burt RAFVR (129765), aged 21, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Buried Annan Cemetery, Dumfriesshire.


2nd January 1943 - Anson W2629 - High Pike area.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner (Instr) - Sgt William Alfred Leslie Babington RNZAF (39816), aged 25, of Highland Park, Wellington, New Zealand. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.


20th January 1943 - Henley L3408 - Meathop.

Pilot - 2nd Officer Ramchandra Murlidhar Badhe ATA. aged 38, of India. Cremated Golders Green, Middlesex.


21st January 1943 - Hurricane AF959 - Great Calva.

Pilot - Sgt Donald Leslie Baker RAF (656680), aged 25, wife of Stone-in-Oxney, Kent. Buried Stone-in-Oxney Churchyard, Kent.


14th February 1943 - Anson DJ466 - Grisedale Pike.

Pilot - F/Sgt Harold James Teague RAFVR (1280780), aged 21, of St.John's, Worcester. Buried Worcester Cemetery (grave 5002).

Wireless Operator - Sgt William Michael Carney RAFVR (1333062), aged 20, of Downham, Bromley, Kent. Buried Hither Green Cemetery, London.

Navigator (U/T) - LAC Henry Buckley RAF (859036), aged 30, wife of Droylsden. Cremated Manchester, Lancashire.

Air Bomber (U/T) - LAC Albert Edward Austin RAFVR (1601636), aged 19, of Whetstone, Middlesex. Buried Silloth Cemetery, Cumbria.


17th February 1943 - Tiger Moth T7172 - Binsey.

Pilot - F/O Alfred Ernest Woodley RAFVR (109066), aged 30. Buried Dalston Road Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumbria (11/P/48).


8th April 1943 - Anson EG361 - Lord Seat area.

Pilot - Sgt Harold Motby RAF (657927), aged 26, of Bury. Buried Bury Churchyard, Lancashire.

Navigator - P/O Maurice Herbert Finbow RCAF (J/14740), aged 29, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Buried Haverigg Cemetery, Cumbria.

Navigator - P/O Robert Alexander Duff RCAF (J/21885), aged 22, of Langley Prairie, British Columbia, Canada. Buried Haverigg Cemetery, Cumbria.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner (Instr) - Sgt James Cooney RAFVR (934034), aged 27, of Ballykelly, Ireland. Buried Whitechurch Churchyard, Wexford, Ireland. Died 9th April 1943.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner (U/T) - Sgt William Frederick Marshall RAFVR (1576777), aged 20, of Smethwick. Buried Smethwick Uplands Cemetery, Staffordshire. Died 11th April 1943.


23rd April 1943 - Hurricane AG275 - Brim Fell.

Pilot - F/Sgt Leonard Thomas Cook RAAF (412399), aged 20, of Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. Buried Haverigg Churchyard, Millom, Cumbria.


23rd April 1943 - Hurricane AG264 - Brim Fell.

Pilot - F/Sgt Henry Marinus Atherton RAAF (414123), aged 21, of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Buried Haverigg Churchyard, Millom, Cumbria.


9th August 1943 - Anson DJ275 - Scafell.

Pilot - F/Sgt Stanislaw Kowalczyk PAF (780579), aged 23. Buried Dumfries Roman Catholic Cemetery, Dumfriesshire.

Navigator - Sgt John Taylor Chadwick RAFVR (1434605), aged 21, of Bury, Lancashire. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Bomb Aimer - Sgt Thomas William Pickering RCAF (R/164677), aged 19, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Navigator - Sgt Robert Stanley Deason RAFVR (1390632), aged 20, of London. Cremated South London Crematorium, Mitcham, London.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Thomas Scorer Wheatley Lawson RAFVR (1048296), aged 21, of Sacriston. Buried Sacriston, Co.Durham.


9th August 1943 - Anson DJ222 - Green Gable.

Pilot - Sgt Waclaw Panasik PAF (P794954), aged 28. Buried Dumfries RC Cemetery.

Air Bomber - F/Sgt Ervin Albert Loppe RCAF (R/176010), aged 19, of Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried Troqueer Cemetery, Dumfries.


9th August 1941 - Anson N5053 - Great Dodd.

Pilot - Sgt Waclaw Mackiewicz PAF (P/794941), aged 29, of Landwarow, Wilno Province, Poland. Buried Dumfries RC Cemetery.


14th September 1943 - B17 41-9051 - Skiddaw.

Pilot - Cpt William C Anderson (O-432027). Of Los Angeles County, California, USA. Buried Cambridge Madingley Cemetery, England (F/5/85). (813th B.S.Commanding Officer).

Co-Pilot - 1/Lt Robert J Sudbury (O-726503). Of McLennan County, Texas, USA. Buried Cambridge Madingley Cemetery, England (D/3/17).

Navigator - Cpt Raymond R Oeftiger (O-405635). Of District of Columbia, USA (or New York?). Buried Cambridge Madingley Cemetery, England (D/4/30).

Bomb Aimer - 2/Lt Raymond E Diltz (O-731036). Of Los Angeles, California, USA. Buried Golden Gate National Cemetery, California, USA.

Radio Operator - S/Sgt Robert L Jacobsen (37168383). Of Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA. Buried Cambridge Madingley Cemetery, England (E/6/61).

Engineer - S/Sgt Bryson R Hills (19040312). Of Santa Clara County, California, USA. Buried Cambridge, Madingley Cemetery, England (F/4/90).

Passenger (Group Gnd Exec) - Major Tom C Henderson Jnr (0-366456). Of Scott County, Tennessee, USA. Buried Cambridge Madingley Cemetery, England (D/5/70).

Passenger (1st Bomb Div) - Major Henry B Williams (0-908213). Of District of Columbia, USA. Buried Arlington National Cemetery, USA.

Passenger? - 1/Lt Clarence Henry Ballagh (0-447194). Of San Luis, Obispo County, California. Buried Arroyo Grande Cemetery, San Luis, California, USA.

Passenger? - 1/Lt Theodore R Doe (0-464349). Of Alameda County, California, USA. Buried California, USA.


26th October 1943 - Hurricane LE262 - Flat Fell, Cleator.

Pilot - P/O Maurice Gaston Emile Coutanceau RAFVR (158024), aged 23. Parents of Mauritius. Buried Upminster Churchyard, Essex.


13th November 1943 - Hurricane Z4875 - Blindcrake.

Pilot - F/O Robert Philip Dixon RAFVR (150191), aged 20, of West Clandon, Surrey. Buried Send Churchyard, Surrey.


15th November 1943 - Beaufighter EL285 - Threlkeld Common.

Pilot - F/Sgt Ivan Steen Sollows RCAF (R/139005), aged 20, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Cheshire.

Navigator - Sgt Marc Jean Lahausse RAFVR (1515183), aged 27, of Rose Hill, Mauritus. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Cheshire.


20th December 1943 - Barracuda P9828 - Coniston.

Pilot - Acting Sub Lt Gordon Frederick Hopewell RNVR, aged ? Of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire. Cremated Nottingham Crematorium.

? - Acting Sub Lt William Herbert Rostron Young RNVR, aged 19, of Bath, Somerset. Buried Inskip Churchyard, Lancashire.

? - Leading Airman Dennis Buttery RN (86846), aged 19, of Ruddington. Buried Ruddington New Churchyard, Nottinghamshire.


31st December 1943 - Beaufighter KW152 - Kinmont Buckbarrow.

Pilot - F/Lt Hubert Stuart Ray RAFVR (104522), aged 21, of Whitburn, Buried Mere Knolls Cemetery, Sunderland, Durham.

Navigator - F/O John Penrose Angold RAF (47098), aged 34, wife of Mickleham, Surrey. Buried Westcott New Churchyard, Surrey.


24th January 1944 - Halifax JP182 - Eel Crag, Braithwaite.

Pilot - F/Cpt Bernard Short ATA, aged 34? Of Hull. Buried Ringway Churchyard, Cheshire (Row 3, grave 4).

Flight Engineer - Snr F/Eng Arthur Bird ATA, aged 29, of Edenbridge, Kent. Buried Edenbridge Cemetery, Kent (Grave 292A)


30th January 1944 - Anson MG393 - Starling Dodd.

Pilot - WO2 John Leonard Tennyson RCAF (R/148729), aged 27, of Rocky River, Ohio, USA. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Cheshire.

Navigator (U/T) - P/O William Henry Williamson RAFVR (169329), aged 28, wife of Romford, Essex. Buried Romford Cemetery, Essex.


20th March 1944 - Anson EG686 - Swirl How.

Pilot - Sgt Kenneth Montague Snelling RAFVR (1388379), aged 20, of Holloway, London. Buried Islington Cemetery, London (O/2/21403P).

Pilot - Sgt Kenneth John Brettell RAF (552030), aged 23? Of Barry, Wales. Buried Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground (R/1776).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Walter William Younger RAFVR (1289632), aged 23, of Worthing, Sussex. Buried Durrington Cemetery, Worthing, Sussex (2/10/29).


16th April 1944 - Beaufighter KW293 - Caldbeck.

Pilot - Sgt Georges Torres FAFL (30714), aged 21. Buried Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey.


21st April 1944 - Martinet HN962 - Haile, Egremont.

Pilot - Sgt John Walter Sigsworth RAFVR (1517415), aged 22, of Acklam, Middlesbrough. Buried Middlesbrough RC (Thorntree) Cemetery, Yorkshire (A/108).

Drogue Operator - Cpl George Arthur Hall RAFVR (1184914), aged 22, of Audlem. Buried Audlem Cemetery, Cheshire.


26th June 1944 - Wellington HZ715 - Red Pike (Buttermere).

Pilot - P/O Albert Digby Cooper RCAF (J/18201), aged 25, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/1068).

Pilot - F/O Frederick Allen Dixon RCAF (J/35425), aged ? of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/986).

Pilot - F/Lt Emil Unterseher RCAF (J/16129), aged 29, of Hilda, Alberta, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/322).

Navigator - F/O Daniel Titleman RCAF (J/38329), aged 26, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/63).

Bomb Aimer - Sgt George McCrimmon Anderson RCAF (R/168378), aged 29, of Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/896).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/O Roy Edward Simonson RCAF (J/19182), aged 23, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/149).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - WO1 George Richard Coathup RCAF (R/115256), aged ? of Unionsville, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/279).

Air Gunner - Sgt Campbell McRae Hodges RCAF (R/266186), aged 34, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/806).


28th July 1944 - Martinet HP311 - Bootle Fell.

Pilot - P/O Frank Louis Dumbleton RAFVR (177685), aged 31, of Southall. Buried Southall (Havelock) Cemetery, Middlesex.


17th October 1944 - Halifax NP745 - Penruddock.

Navigator - F/O John Ernest Freeman RCAF (J/39402), of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Died on 2nd December 1944. Buried Stonefall Cemetery, Harrogate, Yorkshire.


22nd October 1944 - Halifax LL505 - Great Carrs.

Pilot - Pilot - F/O John Armstrong Johnston RCAF (C/29783), aged 27, of Carp, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Navigator - F/O Francis Aubrey Bell RCAF (J/39888), aged 33, of Hampton, New Brunswick, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Bomb Aimer - P/O Robert Newton Whitley RCAF (J/38243), aged 20, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Flight Engineer - Sgt Harvey Ellsworth Pyche RCAF (R/225354), aged 21, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Flight Engineer - Sgt William Brisbane Ferguson RAFVR (1826294), aged 19, of Caldercruix. Buried New Monkland Cemetery, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Calvin George Whittingstall RCAF (R/198207), aged 20, of Mount Dennis, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Air Gunner - Sgt Donald Fraser Titt RCAF (R/271259), aged 19, of Rockwood, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Air Gunner - Sgt George Riddoch RCAF (R/259938), aged 20, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.


17th November 1944 - Anson MG464 - Grisedale Pike.

Navigator (U/T) - LAC Elwyn Morgan RAFVR (964106), aged 29, of Drefach, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Buried Drefach Chapelyard, Carmarthenshire, Wales.


2nd January 1945 - Anson LT741 - Black Combe.

Pilot - F/Sgt Arthur James Wood RAFVR (1318079), aged 29, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Buried Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Air Gunner - WO Thomas William Johnson DFM RAFVR (1526829), aged 22, of Liverpool. Buried Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire.

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt James Leonard Turner RAFVR (1823803), aged 19, of Ormiston. Buried Ormiston Cemetery, East Lothian, Scotland.

Wireless Operator (U/T) - Sgt Kenneth David Jenkins RAFVR (1836729), aged 19, of Whitchurch. Buried Whitchurch Churchyard, Glamorganshire, Wales.


8th January 1945 - Anson EF935 - Corney Fell.

Pilot - Wireless Operator / Air Gunner (Instructor?) - WO Harold Biffen RAFVR (1336043), aged 23, wife of Bishopsteignton, Devon. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (A/27A).


16th January 1945 - Avenger JZ390 - Great Gully, Whin Rigg.

Pilot - Lieutenant Bernard John Kennedy RCNVR, aged 23, of North Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Buried Lytham St.Annes (Park) Cemetery, Lancashire.

Navigator - Midshipman Gordon Fell RNVR, aged ? Of Accrington. Buried Accrington Cemetery, Lancashire.

Wireless Operator - Leading Airman Philip Royston Mallorie RN (FX.578011), aged 18, of Harrogate, Yorkshire. Buried Inskip Churchyard, Preston, Lancashire.


10th February 1945 - Mosquito HK141 - Striding Edge.

Pilot - W/O William Donald Garland Frost RAAF (420616), aged 25, of Barraba, New South Wales, Australia. Buried Chester Blacon Cemetery.

Navigator - F/Sgt Corbie Frank Marshall RAAF (433705), aged 25, of Earlwood, New South Wales. Australia. Buried Chester Blacon Cemetery.


25th June 1945 - Tiger Moth DE215 - Ullswater.

Navigator - Sgt Ian Walter Jenkins RAFVR (1606639), aged 21, of Addlestone, Surrey. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.


30th June 1945 - Mustang 43-6731 - Crosthwaite, Cartmell.

Pilot - 1st Lt Edward W Kortenkirk USAAF (0-825461), aged 22. Buried St.Thomas Aquinas Catholic Cemetery, Waterford, Racine Co. Wisconsin, USA.


30th August 1946 - Dominie X7394 - Broad Crag, Scafell Pike.

Pilot - Sub Lt(A) Sidney Kenneth Kilsby RNVR, aged 24, of Edmonton, Middlesex. Buried Dunfermline (Douglas Bank) Cemetery, Fifshire.

Airman - Chief Petty Offocer Harold John Clark RN (FX82398), aged 25, of Merstham. Cremated Mitcham, South London.

Surgeon - Commander Surgeon William Tudor Gwynne-Jones RN, aged 54. Buried Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth (Sec C Cons, Grave 13643).

Sick Berth Attendant - Leslie Howard Watkinson RN (C/MX 782148), aged 19, of Skellow. Buried Owston Churchyard, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

Patient - CWM Charles Robert Allwright DSM RN(ret), aged 61, of Fetcham, Surrey. Buried Dunfermline (Douglas Bank) Cemetery, Fifeshire (A/58).


20th November 1947 - Spitfire SL611 - Ill Crag, Scafell Pike.

Pilot - F/Lt Donald James Ott Loudon AFC RAF (53250), aged 25, of Edinburgh. Buried Halton Churchyard, Buckinghamshire (Grave 172).


20th August 1950 - Spitfire PK595 - Bampton.

Pilot - P2 Edward Albert Carter RAF (2685591), aged 26. Cremated Newcastle (West Road).


12th January 1951 - Vampire VF273 - Thwaite Fell, Duddon Bridge.

Pilot - Sgt Brian James Cundall RAF (4034487), aged 23, of Radlett, Hertfordshire. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.


20th January 1956 - Canberra WT505 - Ponsonby Fell.

Pilot - F/O William Falconer Wilfred Ninian Gough RAF (2548944), aged 23, of Cranbrook, Kent. Buried Houghton & Wyton Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

Navigator - F/O Douglas Cornforth RAF (579827), aged 28, of Fleet, Hampshire. Buried Weeton Churchyard, Lancashire.


26th June 1959 - Sabre 23380 - Iron Crag.

Pilot - F/O Robert Gordon Starling RCAF (216497), aged 27. Buried Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey (Canada/B/2).


29th January 1963 - Canberra WJ824 - High Pike.

Pilot - F/Lt Peter Broughton RAF (4077048), aged 29, of Surrey. Buried Houghton & Wyton Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

Navigator - S/Ldr John Christopher Charles Almond RAF (1808174), aged 38, of Wembley, London. Buried Houghton & Wyton Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.


22nd February 1966 - Cessna 150 G-ASYH - Black Combe.

Pilot - Mr Frank Christopher Potts, aged 51, of West Kirby, Birkenhead. Buried Neston Cemetery, Wirral, Cheshire.

Passenger - Dr Cyril Leonard Levene B.Sc.(Hons), M.B., Ch.B., D.M.R.(D.), aged 35, of Wootton, Liverpool. Burial location unknown.


17th September 1966 - Piper Cherokee G-ASEK - Esk Hause.

Pilot - Mr Gerald D Massey, aged 28, of London. Killed. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Lennox Gordon Fraser Aitchison, aged 41, of Coupland Castle, Wooler, Northumberland. Killed. Burial location unknown.


25th March 1973 - Piper Cherokee G-AZYP - Ill Gill Head.

Pilot - - Mr Graham George Austin, aged 29, of Warrington. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Stephen Roy Rogerson, aged 17, of Blackpool. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Anthony Roger Williams, aged 30, of Warrington. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Mervyn Douglas Chappell, aged 18, of Blackpool. Burial location unknown.


31st July 1973 - Beagle Pup G-AXIC - Keswick.

Pilot - Mr Peter William James Martin, aged 27, of Hampstead, North London. Burial location unknown.


9th December 1982 - Jet Provost XW417 - Cremated Lincoln.

Pilot - F/Lt Michael Gene O'Neill RAF (8026874), aged 26, of Aylesbury. Cremated Lincoln (Wasingborough Road).


3rd June 1983 - Tailwind G-BALR - Steeple.

Pilot - Mr David Oliver Alfred Elmer, aged 43, of Dereham, Norfolk. Burial location unknown.

Passenger - Mr Robert Ian Elmer, aged 45, of Beckingham, Lincolnshire. Burial location unknown.


17th June 1987 - Jaguar XZ116 - Castlerigg Fell.

Pilot - F/Lt Andrew Simon Mannheim RAF (5203732S), aged 25. Cremated Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk.


29th November 1987 - Piper Saratoga G-BNJS - Bow Fell.

Pilot - Mr Arthur Raymond Hiscox, aged 43. Burial location unknown.


13th February 1992 - Piper Cherokee G-IPJC - Skiddaw.

Pilot - Mr Frank Peter Lake, aged 36, of Ingatestone, Essex. Burial location unknown.


13th January 1993 - Bandeirante G-ZAPE - Ponsonby Fell.

Pilot - Mr Neil Christopher Coxon, aged 35, of Duddenhoe, Essex. Burial location unknown.

Pilot - Mr Robert Stephen Winter, aged 35, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. Burial location unknown.


17th January 1994 - Cessna Skylane G-PICS - High Seat.

Pilot - Mr Denis Albert Cresswell, aged 64, of Aldershot, Hampshire. Burial location unknown.


8th March 2011 - Gazelle HA-LFB - Honister.

Pilot - Mr John Henry Mark Weir, aged 45.


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