Stirling Mk.I N6075 of 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

 

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