HX296 Halifax III HD-
  
16th December 1943
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P/O G R Bermingham RAAF - injured

Sgt G E Kent - injured

P/O E H Gribble RAAF

P/O J E Evans RAAF - injured

Sgt E J Roynon

Sgt F C Brown - injured

F/S C W Angus

F/Lt M Thompson - injured

 

  
 
PO G R Bermingham. Sgt Kent. P/O E H Gribble. P/O J E Evans. Sgt Roynon. Sgt Brown on his Wedding Day Sgt F C Brown. F/S Angus. F/Lt Thompson.
 
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.
 

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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