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Peak District Air Accident Research |
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Peak District Air Accident Research |
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| Name | Rank- if applicable | Position e.g. Pilot | Status |
| George Howard McIlraith RNZAF | Sergeant | Pilot | Killed |
On the 3rd March 1943 Sgt George McIlraith of the Royal New Zealand Air Force took off on a night cross country flight from Ossington near Newark on Trent. At some point during the flight he apparently became disorientated and descended too low, shortly after he flew into a wooded hillside near Matlock. Interestingly to crash where he did Sgt McIlraith must have been flying east, which is back towards where he took off from.
This is the crash site near Matlock, there are a few small parts from the aircraft at the site but nothing else.