Handley Page Halifax Mk.II BB310 of No.1674 HCU, Coastal Command, crashed on Great Dun Fell in the North Pennines while on a cross country exercise from Longtown near Carlisle on the 12th April 1944

 

Sydney Brookes Flying Officer Pilot (U/T) Killed
Paul Bevens Stevens Flying Officer RCAF Pilot (U/T) Killed
Robert James Littlefield Sergeant Flight Engineer Killed
William John Morrison Sergeant Navigator / Bomb Aimer Killed
Hugh Dunningham Sergeant Wireless Operator, Mechanic/ Air gunner Killed
William Alan Johnson DFM Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed
Frank Pess Flight Sergeant RCAF Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed
Harold Stanley Seabrook Flight Sergeant RCAF Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed
Dean Walter Swedberg Sergeant RCAF Wireless Operator / Air gunner Killed

 

Sergeant Johnson was awarded the D.F.M. while serving with 502 Sqn though it was not Gazetted until the 14th April 1944, two days after his death.

Crash site of Handley Page Halifax BB310, Great Dun Fell, Cumbria
The small plaque placed near the crash site on Great Dun Fell listing those who died.
Crash site of Handley Page Halifax BB310, Great Dun Fell, Cumbria
In rocks near the memorial plaque are numerous parts from the aircraft.

 

Five of the crew were buried at Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, they were:

Grave of Flying Officer Brooks at Chester Blacon Cemetery
Flying Officer Brooks
Grave of Flight Sergeant Pess at Chester Blacon Cemetery
Flight Sergeant Pess
Grave of Flight Sergeant Seabrook at Chester Blacon Cemetery
Flight Sergeant Seabrook
Grave of Flying Officer Stevens at Chester Blacon Cemetery
Flying Officer Stevens
Grave of Flight Sergeant Swedberg at Chester Blacon Cemetery
Flight Sergeant Swedberg