Explosion at Lissett airfield.
On 2nd July 1943 an explosion in the bomb dump at Lissett airfield killed six members of ground crew.
Their names are recorded on a plaque on one of the wind turbines that have been erected on the former airfield site in the last few years.
Cpl Leslie Tomlinson Fielding RAFVR (1079323), aged 37, of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
AC1 Lewis Daniel Moore RAFVR (1665709), aged 33. Of Tewkesbury. Buried Tewkesbury Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
AC1 William Mithan RAFVR (1085812), aged 22, of Tonypandy. Buried Trealaw Cemetery, Glamorgan.
AC1 Kenneth Darwin Taylor RAFVR (1131423), aged 21. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire (6212).
AC2 Robert George Mills RAFVR (1030747), aged 36, wife of Pattiswick, Essex. Buried Springfield Chuchyard, Essex.
AC1 Jack Ezra Laycock RAFVR (1696963), aged 20, of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial.
Kenneth Taylor’s grave in Driffield Cemetery.
