Whitley Mk.V T4138 coded KN-H of 77 Squadron RAF, crashed on Arden Great Moor near Osmotherly in the North Yorkshire Moors on the 16th December 1940. The aircraft was outbound to Berlin when one of the aircraft's engines caught fire.

 

Crew / Passengers

Rank - If Applicable

Position e.g. Pilot

Status

Huburt Harvey J Miller

Pilot Officer

Pilot 

Injured

D H Gilbert

Sergeant

Co-pilot

Injured

G Thorpe

Sergeant

Observer

Injured

Cyril Williams

Sergeant

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner

Killed

Albert Edward Hammond

Sergeant

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner

Injured

Crash site of T4143

Very little of the aircraft remains today, on the day we visited the site most of it covered with snow.

 

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