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Peak District Air Accident Research

Handley Page Halifax Mk.II DT578 of 1658 HCU crashed on Great Whernside after suffering structural failure on the 23rd November 1943.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Stanley Chadwick	Sergeant	Pilot	Killed
Frank Weldon Robson	Sergeant	Flight Engineer	Killed
Frank James Robinson	Sergeant	Navigator	Killed
Norman Martin	Sergeant	Bomb aimer	Killed
Donald Paget Aitken	Sergeant	Wireless operator	Killed
Ernest Stabler	Sergeant	Air gunner	Killed
Kenneth Vincent	Sergeant	Air gunner	Killed

The aircraft crashed close to where later B-17G 44-8683 and Mosquito N.F. Mk.36 RL197 crashed.

The main collection of wreckage is in this pit where the main body of the aircraft came to earth. Other bits are scattered around, but many have been ‘cleared’ and placed in this pit.

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