Handley Page Halifax Mk.V LL178 / WL-R of No.434 Sqn, RCAF, crashed near Kepwick on the 18th March 1944
David Carson Evans | Flying Officer RCAF | Pilot | Killed |
Douglas Andrew Thicke | Pilot Officer RCAF | 2nd Pilot | Killed |
Geoffrey Hutt | Pilot Officer | Flight Engineer | Killed |
Edson Gilroy Armour | Flying Officer RCAF | Navigator | Killed |
Donald Edward Jackson | Pilot Officer RCAF | Bomb Aimer | Killed |
Walter Cotton | Sergeant | Wireless Operator / Air gunner | Killed |
Joseph Simon Sleigher | Pilot Officer RCAF | Air Gunner | Killed |
Robert Elmer Ballentine | Pilot Officer RCAF | Air Gunner | Killed |
The aircraft flew into the high ground to the south of Arden Great Moor while returning to RAF Croft from a “Gardening” mine laying operation off Heligoland in poor weather. On impact it broke up over a fairly large area and burned out.
The Canadian members of the crew were buried at Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, below are photographs of their graves.