Whitley Mk.V Z6663 coded MH-D of 51 Squadron RAF, crashed at Bank Foot near Ingleby Greenhow on the 9th June 1941 while returning from Dortmund.
|
Crew / Passengers |
Rank - If Applicable |
Position e.g. Pilot |
Status |
|
Gordon Stubbs |
Flight Sergeant |
Pilot |
Killed |
|
James Raymond Pertwee |
Pilot Officer |
Pilot |
Killed |
|
William Charles Goy Roper |
Sergeant
|
Observer |
Killed |
|
Charles Frederick Ranson |
Sergeant
|
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner |
Killed |
|
James Cousins |
Flight
Sergeant |
Air Gunner |
Killed |
Very little of the aircraft remains at the crash site today, the site is in a disused quarry (it was disused at the time of the crash as well).
The aircraft's pilot F/Sgt Stubbs was laid to rest in Hathersage churchyard, below is a photograph of his grave.
