Aircraft accidents in Yorkshire.

Halifax HR838 damaged by flak, returned to Snaith airfield.

On 3rd July 1943 this aircraft took off from Snaith airfield at 23.28hrs to undertake an operational flight to bomb Cologne. This aircraft sustained damage by flak while over the target area at 01.40hrs and suffered a damaged windscreen. The crew released their bomb load a couple of minutes later from 18,500ft, they were able to bring the aircraft back to Yorkshire and they landed safely at Snaith airfield in the early hours of 4th July 1943 at 04.47hrs.

Pilot - Sgt Albert Frank Gregory RAFVR (1314252).

Navigator - Sgt Henry Gardner RAFVR (1349554).

Bomb Aimer - Sgt Douglas Rowbotham RAF (658656), of West Hartlepool, Co.Durham.

Wireless Operator - Sgt Sydney John Passey RAFVR (656720), of Twickenham, Middlesex.

Flight Engineer - Sgt Stanley Thomas Pitt RAFVR (1198978), of Huntington, Staffordshire.

Air Gunner - Sgt Thomas Brownless RAFVR (1074262), of Shotton Colliery, Co.Durham.

Air Gunner - Sgt William James Crozier RCAF (R/147569), of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

This crew were posted to 405 Squadron on 8th July 1943 and were killed on 2nd / 3rd August 1943 flying Halifax HR871 on Ops to Hamburg which was shot down by flak.