Cenotaph here
Hampden (#L4178) aircraft took off from RAF North Luffenham, with a crew of four airmen, tasked with an operation over Kiel, Germany . The operational flight successful, on their return to home base the poor weather affected visibility and the landing airfield was missed; because of this the Hampden ran out of fuel and crashed at the Hexthorpe Railway Cutting in Warmsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, killing all aboard.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAF Flying Officer Harold Edward ASPEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Alfred BLAND,
RAFVR Sergeant John Arthur EVES and
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Balfour GRAY.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/58225
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 144 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: ‘Who Shall Stop Us’]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 June 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of John Balfour and Wilhelmina (née McAllister) Gray [she was Canada's 1969 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother] of Nelson, British Columbia; brother of Phyllis Gray-Gautschi of Nelson and brother of Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray VC, DSC.
Flight Sergeant John Balfour Gray, Jr. is commemorated on Page 77 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A War Memorial in commemoration of the lives lost in this incident in the Guest Lane Cemetery, Warmsworth, Doncaster reads:-
27TH FEBRUARY 1942
DIED IN WARMSWORTH
ON RETURN FROM A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION
OVER GERMANY.
THE CREW OF A
HAMPDEN AIRCRAFT.
H.E. ASPEY.
R.A. BLAND.
J.A. EVES.
J. B. GRAY.
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.
Hampden (#L4178) aircraft took off from RAF North Luffenham, with a crew of four airmen, tasked with an operation over Kiel, Germany . The operational flight successful, on their return to home base the poor weather affected visibility and the landing airfield was missed; because of this the Hampden ran out of fuel and crashed at the Hexthorpe Railway Cutting in Warmsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, killing all aboard.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAF Flying Officer Harold Edward ASPEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Alfred BLAND,
RAFVR Sergeant John Arthur EVES and
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Balfour GRAY.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/58225
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 144 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: ‘Who Shall Stop Us’]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 June 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of John Balfour and Wilhelmina (née McAllister) Gray [she was Canada's 1969 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother] of Nelson, British Columbia; brother of Phyllis Gray-Gautschi of Nelson and brother of Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray VC, DSC.
Flight Sergeant John Balfour Gray, Jr. is commemorated on Page 77 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A War Memorial in commemoration of the lives lost in this incident in the Guest Lane Cemetery, Warmsworth, Doncaster reads:-
27TH FEBRUARY 1942
DIED IN WARMSWORTH
ON RETURN FROM A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION
OVER GERMANY.
THE CREW OF A
HAMPDEN AIRCRAFT.
H.E. ASPEY.
R.A. BLAND.
J.A. EVES.
J. B. GRAY.
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.
Cenotaph here
Hampden (#L4178) aircraft took off from RAF North Luffenham, with a crew of four airmen, tasked with an operation over Kiel, Germany . The operational flight successful, on their return to home base the poor weather affected visibility and the landing airfield was missed; because of this the Hampden ran out of fuel and crashed at the Hexthorpe Railway Cutting in Warmsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, killing all aboard.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAF Flying Officer Harold Edward ASPEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Alfred BLAND,
RAFVR Sergeant John Arthur EVES and
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Balfour GRAY.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/58225
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 144 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: ‘Who Shall Stop Us’]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 June 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of John Balfour and Wilhelmina (née McAllister) Gray [she was Canada's 1969 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother] of Nelson, British Columbia; brother of Phyllis Gray-Gautschi of Nelson and brother of Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray VC, DSC.
Flight Sergeant John Balfour Gray, Jr. is commemorated on Page 77 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A War Memorial in commemoration of the lives lost in this incident in the Guest Lane Cemetery, Warmsworth, Doncaster reads:-
27TH FEBRUARY 1942
DIED IN WARMSWORTH
ON RETURN FROM A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION
OVER GERMANY.
THE CREW OF A
HAMPDEN AIRCRAFT.
H.E. ASPEY.
R.A. BLAND.
J.A. EVES.
J. B. GRAY.
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.
Hampden (#L4178) aircraft took off from RAF North Luffenham, with a crew of four airmen, tasked with an operation over Kiel, Germany . The operational flight successful, on their return to home base the poor weather affected visibility and the landing airfield was missed; because of this the Hampden ran out of fuel and crashed at the Hexthorpe Railway Cutting in Warmsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, killing all aboard.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAF Flying Officer Harold Edward ASPEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Alfred BLAND,
RAFVR Sergeant John Arthur EVES and
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Balfour GRAY.
Military Service-
Service Number: R/58225
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 144 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: ‘Who Shall Stop Us’]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 28 June 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of John Balfour and Wilhelmina (née McAllister) Gray [she was Canada's 1969 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother] of Nelson, British Columbia; brother of Phyllis Gray-Gautschi of Nelson and brother of Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray VC, DSC.
Flight Sergeant John Balfour Gray, Jr. is commemorated on Page 77 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A War Memorial in commemoration of the lives lost in this incident in the Guest Lane Cemetery, Warmsworth, Doncaster reads:-
27TH FEBRUARY 1942
DIED IN WARMSWORTH
ON RETURN FROM A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION
OVER GERMANY.
THE CREW OF A
HAMPDEN AIRCRAFT.
H.E. ASPEY.
R.A. BLAND.
J.A. EVES.
J. B. GRAY.
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.
Inscription
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gravesite Details
R/58225
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