ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200779
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 12:15 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 1652 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | W7806 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kennywell's Farm, near Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marston Moor, North Yorkshire |
| Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire (EGCJ) |
On 24th August 1943, Handley Page Halifax (W7806) took off from Marston Moor airfield for the crew to undertake flying practice and along with the eight airmen, three Air Cadets were allowed on the flight for air experience. During the flight the aircraft starboard inner engine’s propeller flew off. The aircraft lost height and eight of those on board abandoned it. One of the cadets wouldn’t jump from the aircraft so the pilot and another member of the crew attempted a forced landing near Sherburn in Elmet.
The aircraft crashed at 12.15 hours near the village church and was badly damaged. All three on the aircraft when it crashed sustained injuries as did five of those who had baled out. In the London Gazette a Commendation for brave conduct when an aircraft crashed is possibly linked to this incident, printed in the London Gazette on 3rd December 1943. Miss Margery Atkinson, S.R.N., S.C.M., Works Nurse, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire received a commendation.
The crash site is at Grid ref. SE 486 335 which is to the west of the church alongside the B1222 at Hall Garth, near Kennywell’s Farm. The crew and passengers are as follows:
(Instructor?) Pilot – Pilot Officer Sydney Arthur Maslin DFM RAFVR (146330).
Pilot – Flying Officer Kenneth Alexander Petch RCAF (J/20188).
Navigator – Pilot Officer Charles Louis Potter RAFVR (143465).
Flight Engineer – Sgt Ryszard Cederbaum RAF (1196325).
Wireless Operator – Sgt W H Curness.
Air Bomber – Pilot Officer John Napier AFM RAFVR (146609).
Air Gunner – Sgt J W Shirley.
Air Gunner – Pilot Officer Thomas Mercer Telford RAFVR (138064) of Ruthin, Wales.
Passenger – Cadet Calvert (17) of Garforth, Leeds
Passenger – Cadet Gorman (15) of Thorne, South Yorskhire
Passenger – Cadet Rushden (17) from Barwick in Elmet. Seriously injured
Sources:
1. CHARIOTS OF WRATH By SAM WHITWORTH pages 62-65
2. http://sherburninelmethistory.co.uk/aviation/aircraft-accidents/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2017 23:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Mar-2019 09:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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