Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6793 of No.5 (P)AFU dived into the ground at Merryton near Leek, on the 27th July 1944 while flying from Tern Hill on an aerobatics and sector reconnaissance exercise

Hawker Hurricane

 

Roswell Howard Tourle Martin Flight Sergeant RNZAF Pilot Killed

 

crash site of Hawker Hurricane V6793 on Fleet Green, Merryton Low, near Leek, Staffordshire
This photograph shows the crater made by V6793 when it crashed on Merryton low.
Flight Sergeant Roswell Howard Tourle Martin's grave at the Commonwealth War Grave plot, Chester (Blacon) Cemetery
Flight Sergeant Roswell Martin was buried at Chester’s Blacon cemetery.