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Peak District Air Accident Research

Peak District Air Accident Research

 Peak District Air Accident Research

 

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

 

Crash site of Z6663

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.

 

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