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Digital gallery of Sergeant John Allen McPhee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Allen McPhee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Allen McPhee
Photo courtesy of Rich Allenby<P>
www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/42/w7933.html for full story of crash of Halifax MkII 102 Squadron
On the 12th of December 1942 the Halifax crashed into a hill north of Hawnby after getting lost on return from Ops to Turin. 82 aircraft were dispatched but more than half turned back before crossing the Alps due to severe icing conditions. This crew were told to divert to Middleton St. George due to thick cloud over base at Pocklington, the aircraft descended through the cloud over the Moors to check position only to strike the high ground near Low Thwaites Farm killing all on board in an instant.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Allen McPhee
St. Catherine Churchyard, Barmby-on-the-Moor (CWGC)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Allen McPhee
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Allen McPhee
Sergeant John Allen McPhee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Allen McPhee
Sergeant John Allen McPhee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Photo courtesy of Rich Allenby<P> www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/42/w7933.html for full story of crash of Halifax MkII 102 Squadron On the 12th of December 1942 the Halifax crashed into a hill north of Hawnby after getting lost on return from Ops to Turin. 82 aircraft were dispatched but more than half turned back before crossing the Alps due to severe icing conditions. This crew were told to divert to Middleton St. George due to thick cloud over base at Pocklington, the aircraft descended through the cloud over the Moors to check position only to strike the high ground near Low Thwaites Farm killing all on board in an instant.
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St. Catherine Churchyard, Barmby-on-the-Moor (CWGC)
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant John Allen McPhee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant John Allen McPhee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 98 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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