| The North Yorkshire Moors. |
| The Ryedale area - South of the North York Moors. | The Teesside area - North of the North York Moors. | West of the North York Moors. | In the North Sea - Just off the North Yokshire Coast. |
| NEW - The Yorkshire Dales / Central Pennines area. |
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This website contains information regarding the many aircraft crashes that have occured on the North Yorkshire Moors and in the areas immediately surrounding this large area of high ground in England. My research is not just limited to where the various aircraft have crashed, but also to who was on board them. In many cases these airmen lost their lives, I hope that this website will let their sacrific live on and in some way keep their memory alive. The area is local to where I live and have grown up. I have been researching these incidents for a number of years now and I hope that all my facts displayed on this website are correct, if any reader wishes to correct or expand any of the details shown please email me. If anyone remembers any of the crashes on this website or others I may have inadvertantly left out I would love to hear your memories. I would also like to express my thanks to the families of some of these airmen who lost their lives for contacting me, without the information and photographs they have been able to provide these pages would not be as complete. Thank you.
Whilst not all incidents detailed on this website were aircraft and crews of Bomber Command, many were and whilst there is no proper memorial to Bomber Command personnel this webpage is dedicated to their sacrifice. Yorkshire was probably second only to Lincolnshire in terms of airfields and airmen passing through. Around 125,000 personnel of all nationalities served in Bomber Command through-out the War with the huge number of 55,500 being killed. In terms of losses in the UK; 8,195 were killed in flying accidents or ground accidents and 47,268 were killed in action or died as a PoW. Their loss has never been officially recognised.
Me at a North Yorkshire Moors crash site.
All images on this website remain under copyright of their owners and may not be copied from this website to make financial gain, or for use in any book / printed format without prior permission of the website owner, Richard Allenby, first. Copyright of all photographs of airmen shown on this website remain with the families of these airmen who have kindly contacted me. Please respect the families of airmen, they have been willing to donate these photos for inclusion in this website, for the same photo to appear elsewhere may cause un-necessary alarm. Please email me if you wish to use any images on this website by clicking the EMAIL link above.
