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Peak District Air Accident Research

Handley Page Halifax Mk.II JB926 coded ZB-A of 1658 HCU crashed at Sliptone Crags, Colsterdale, North Yorkshire on the 23rd November 1943.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Richard Ernest Charles Bacon	Sergeant	Pilot	Killed
Henry McCarth	Flying Officer	Navigator	Killed
George Heathcote Manley	Sergeant	Flight Engineer	Killed
James Titterington	Sergeant	Flight Engineer	Killed
John James MacGillivray	Sergeant RCAF	Bomb Aimer	Killed
Basil Frank Taylor	Sergeant	Wireless Op. / Air gunner	Killed
David Elwyn Phillips	Sergeant	Air Gunner	Killed
Alex John Winton	Sergeant	Air Gunner	Killed

One other aircraft from its unit were lost on the same night, this being DT578 on Great Whernside, the 1180 states that the aircraft was possibly in collision with DT578 however comparing the times on the two 1180s there is a 2 hour 5 minute gap meaning that collision would seem extremely unlikely, this was also the conclusion that the Accident Investigation Branch.

Very little of the aircraft is left where it crashed. There is this small pile of wreckage which contains a few recognisable items such as part of a servo and parts bearing the number 57.

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