HX296 Halifax III HD-
  
16th December 1943
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  Pilot P/O G R Bermingham RAAF - injured  
         
  Flight Engineer Sgt G E Kent - injured  
         
  Navigator P/O E H Gribble RAAF  
         
  Bomb Aimer P/O J E Evans RAAF - injured  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner Sgt E J Roynon  
         
  Mid Upper Gunner Sgt F C Brown - injured  
         
  Rear Gunner F/S C W Angus  
         
  H2S Instructor  F/Lt M Thompson - injured  
         
Picture of Sgt F C Brown on his Wedding Day was kindly supplied by his son Keith Brown.
Pictures of P/O E H Gribble and P/O J E Evans kindly supplied by Colin Brown.
Picture of Sgt G E Kent kindly supplied by his daughter Patricia Mason.
     

HX296 was on a H2S training mission and collided with a tree whilst making an emergency landing at Decoy Farm, Watton near Hutton Cranswick airfield.

The Halifax had not long been airborne when the starboard outer engine burst into flames which then quickly engulfed the starboard wing.
     
To read P/O Jack Evans own version of the crash please click HERE.
     
P/O Gribble and Sgt Roynon are both buried in Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.
     
F/S Angus is buried in Consett Cemetery, Benfieldside.
     
     

 

  
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