2 September 1944 – 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit , RAF Blyton – Handley Page Halifax V – LL362 – F/L Leslie Cumberworth/F/O Jack Esdale – Air Test.
Location – Swanland village, East Yorkshire
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The aircraft encountered mechanical difficulties just after taking off from RAF Blyton on an Air test at 1145 am. Crashed at Swanland village, East Yorkshire just north of the Humber and not far from Brough airfield.
Full details of this incident are on the the Swanland Heritage Centre website, See link below
Swanland Heritage Centre – Halifax Crash
F/L Leslie Cumberworth RAFVR – Pilot – 24 - 1662 HCU - Beverley Queensgate Cemetery
F/O Jack Esdale RAFVR – Pilot – 24 - 1662 HCU - Son of John and Anne Esdale, of Tottenham – Tottenham Cemetery, London.
Sgt E A Brown RAFVR – Flight Engineer - 1662 HCU – Safe – probably injured
Compiled by David Fell with photo from WWP. Many thanks to Ian Macfarlane and the researchers involved for their good work and very informative webpage relating to this.
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