Malton | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale at 1115LT on a post maintenance test flight. About 35 minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 12,000 feet over Malton, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent. At a height of about 4,000 feet, it exploded in midair and disintegrated before crashing in an open field located 3 km west of Malton. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (432 Sq):
F/O James Elmer Morris, pilot,
F/Sgt Gordon Brydon Nesbitt, navigator,
F/Sgt Joseph William Campbell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Victor Baldwin, wireless operator,
Lac Thomas Melville Kearns,
F/Sgt Vernon Francis Rector, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Malton: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0550 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HZ530

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Leconfield - Leconfield

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The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2334LT on May 12 on an operation to Duisburg. The following morning, while returning to base, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to rain falls. As the airplane was short of fuel, the crew descended through clouds for an alternate airfield when the airplane impacted ground and crashed some 16 km north northwest of RAF Driffield, southeast of Malton. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charlie Wilson Trinder, pilot,
Sgt Harry Russell, observer,
Sgt Douglas Arthur Mark Davidson, navigator,
Sgt Daniel Anthony Traill, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Gordon Leonard Giggs, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Avro 652A Anson I into Lake Ontario: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1943 at 0500 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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6739

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Flight

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Training

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Malton - Malton

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The airplane departed Malton on a night navigation exercise. While cruising in marginal weather conditions, the airplane failed to return to base at the end of the night and was declared missing. No trace of the airplane nor the crew was ever found. It is believed that the airplane crashed into Lake Ontario and was lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Hearne Cochran, pilot,
Lac Gordon Charles Bricker, navigator,
Lac Kenneth Norman Miller, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Roy Barnett, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the accident could not be determined.

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Cras of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Malton: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1941 at 0943 LT

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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V3150

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Training

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Plain, Valley

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Church Fenton - Church Fenton

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2830

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1940

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The crew departed RAF Church Fenton on a training exercise. While flying in clouds, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in Malton. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Arthur Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Charles Howard, pilot.