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Peak District Air Accident Research

Peak District Air Accident Research

 Peak District Air Accident Research

 

Handley Page Halifax Mk.II BB310 of 1674 HCU, Coastal Command crashed on Great Dun Fell in the North Pennines while on a cross country exercise from Longtown near Carlisle on the 12th April 1944.

 

Crew / Passengers Rank - If Applicable Position e.g. Pilot Status
Sydney Brookes Flying Officer Pilot (U/T) Killed
Paul Bevens Stevens Flying Officer Pilot (U/T) Killed
Robert James Littlefield Sergeant Flight Engineer Killed
William John Morrison Sergeant Navigator / Bomb Aimer Killed
Hugh Dunningham Sergeant Wireless Operator, Mechanic/ Air gunner Killed 
William Alan Johnson D.F.M. Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed
Frank Pess Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed
Harold Stanley Seabrook Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed
Dean Walter Swedberg Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed

 

Sergeant Johnson was awarded the D.F.M. while serving with 502 Sqn though it was not Gazetted until the 14th April 1944, two days after his death.

 

The small plaque placed near the crash site on Great Dun Fell listing those who died.

 

In rocks near the memorial plaque are numerous parts from the aircraft.

 

Five of the crew were buried at Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, they were:

Flying Officer Brooks

 

Flight Sergeant Pess

 

Flight Sergeant Seabrook

 

Flying Officer Stevens

 

Flight Sergeant Swedberg

 

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