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Peak District Air Accident Research

Lockheed Hudson Mk.I N7294 of 220 Squadron crashed on Easby Moor on the 11th February 1940.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Tom MacKinlay Parker	Flying Officer	Pilot	Killed
Harold Francis Bleksley	Sergeant	Pilot	Killed
Norman Rrichard Drury	Corperal	Wireless Operator	Killed
Atholl Barker	Leading Aircraftman	Air Gunner	Injured

The aircraft was being used to carry out a patrol from Thornaby. Shortly after take off the aircraft's windscreen iced up blocking forward vision, shortly after this occurring the aircraft flew into the edge of Easby Moor near to the Captain Cook Monument.

Very little remains where the aircraft crashed, though during our 2003 visit we found a few small fragments of the aircraft.

Since our visit a memorial has been erected where the aircraft crashed.

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