Avro Lancaster B.Mk.I ED481 WS-N of 9 Squadron RAF, flew into Hawnby Hill in the North Yorkshire Moors, on the 30th January 1943 after having diverted to RAF Leeming on return from a raid against Hamburg, the aircraft should have been returning to RAF Waddington.  

 

Crew / Passengers

Rank - If Applicable

Position e.g. Pilot

Status

Frank Goheen Nelson RCAF

Warrant Officer

Pilot 

Killed

McKeen Allan RCAF

Sergeant

Flight Engineer

Killed

George Francis Done

Sergeant

Navigator

Killed

Allan Arthur Frederick Williams

Sergeant 

Bomb Aimer / Navigator

 Killed 
Henry Summers Jones Sergeant  Wireless operator / Air gunner Killed  
Arthur William Butcher

Sergeant 

Air gunner

Killed

Walter George Murton

 Sergeant  Air gunner Killed  

Although Flight Sergeant Nelson was serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force he was in fact American, being from Wilkinsburg Pennsylvannia.

 

Not much remains of ED481 today on Hawnby Hill, just a small collection of well hidden fragments in the long grass and heather.

 

The aircraft first impacted behind where this photo was taken and it came to rest in the foreground.

 

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