Stirling Mk.I Series I N6075

Stirling Mk.I N6075 of No.101 Squadron, C Flight, RAF crashed at Merryton Low near Leek 13th July 1942 while on a cross country navigation flight. It is thought that the aircraft had over flown Biddulph shortly before the crash as the passenger was from the town.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - if applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Roderick Urquhart Morrison	Sergeant	Pilot	Killed
John Richard Griffin	Flight Sergeant	Observer	Killed
John Ellis Williams	Sergeant	Fight Engineer	Killed
William Anthony George Atkins	Sergeant	Flight Engingeer	Killed
Thorstein Enevold Helgesen	Flight Sergeant	Wireless Op. / Air Gunner	Killed
James Frederick Hirst	Flight Sergeant	Wireless Op. / Air Gunner	Killed
Leo Joseph Regimbal	Sergeant De Section	Air Gunner	Killed
Edgar Dolphin	Sergeant	Passenger	Killed

Some of the remains of N6075 on Merryton Low, other fragments litter the area.

Four of the crew were buried at Buxton Cemetery

Flight Sergeant John Richard Griffin RCAF

Flight Sergeant Thorstein Enevold Helgesen RCAF

Flight Sergeant James Frederick Hirst RCAF

Sergeant de Section Leo Joseph Regimbal RCAF

Peak District Air Accident Research

Stirling Mk.I N6075 of No.101 Squadron, C Flight, RAF crashed at Merryton Low near Leek 13th July 1942 while on a cross country navigation flight. It is thought that the aircraft had over flown Biddulph shortly before the crash as the passenger was from the town.