Royal Canadian Air Force

In Memory of
FS E. I. Glass R2285 Pilot
FS J. E. Dalling R137946 Air Bomber
FS J. Henfrey R119823 W.Op Air Gnr
Fly Off J. J. McHenry J25563 Navigator
Sgt E. Savage R2129 Air Gnr
Sgt N. W. Crawford R190343 Air Gnr
Who lost their lives on this site on Jan 2nd 1944.

The memorial stone

The picture of Jack Henfrey

The seat and memorial stone

View looking south towards the memorial 

Looking down on the pond from above and behind the memorial (The crash site is visible at the top of this picture) 

View looking north towards the memorial (The crash site was on the top of the hill in the background)

The following information is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records:

In Memory of
ERNEST ISRAEL GLASS 
Warrant Officer Class II
R/2285 Pilot
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died on
Sunday 2 January 1944 . Age 27 . 
Additional Information: Son of Hamilton and Bertrande Glass; husband of Corinne Mary Glass, of Chelsea, London. 
Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Sec. C. Row H. Grave 16. 

In Memory of
JAMES EDWIN DALLING 
Warrant Officer Class II
R/137946 Air Bomber
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died on
Sunday 2 January 1944 . Age 25 . 
Additional Information: Son of Guy and Etta M. Dalling, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 
Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Sec. C. Row H. Grave 13.

In Memory of
JACK HENFREY 
Warrant Officer Class II
R/119823 W.Op./Air Gunner.
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died on
Sunday 2 January 1944 . Age 24 . 
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Norah Henfrey, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 
Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Sec. C. Row H. Grave 14 

In Memory of
JAMES JUSTIN McHENRY 
Flying Officer
J/25563 Navigator.
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died on
Sunday 2 January 1944 . Age 24 .
Additional Information: Son of Daniel Joseph and Mary Julia McHenry, of Lonsdale, Ontario, Canada. 
Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Sec. C. Row H. Grave 12. 

In Memory of
EMERY SAVAGE 
Sergeant
R/2129 Air Gunner.
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died on
Sunday 2 January 1944 . 
Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Sec. C. Row H. Grave 11. 

In Memory of
NORMAN WILLARD CRAWFORD 
Sergeant
R/190343 Air Gunner.
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died on
Sunday 2 January 1944 . Age 21 . 
Additional Information: Son of Walter R. Crawford and Ada M. Crawford, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. 
Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom 
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Sec. F. Row H. Grave 15.

2nd January 2002
I just visited the memorial and site of the crash today. It is 57 years since the crash and no trace remains of it, save the memorial stone. it was a beautiful, but cold and frosty day with a lovely view over the snow covered valley towards Haworth, just as I was leaving a thick fog came in across the hill and obscured the view. Quite poignant to say the least.

Andy Wade.

In the autumn of 1943, when I was eight years old, my Father, a tenant farmer moved from a small farm to Tewitt Hall Farm.

The house was large and that Christmas was full of people, apart from work people who lived with us we had cousins staying for the holidays.

On the night of Jan 1944 after we children had gone to bed there was a huge crash followed by a explosions, my Father went to investigate and fund that a Wellington bomber had crashed into the quarry about half a mile from the farm. A few neighbours were there, but there was nothing they could do for the crew. All but one were dead and the other died soon after. (Which one we don't know)

Early the next morning guards were posted and everyone was kept away. A detachment from Glasgow was billeted in our coach house until the wreckage had been cleared away. My cousin and I managed to sneak past the guard but were soon spotted and sent packing.

When we went to look later we could see that the plane had approached from the south west leaving a wing in the next field, the Wellington bomber had flattened about 12 yards of the wall, and chopped off the trees as it crashed into the quarry tip.

For years afterwards bullets and pieces of fuselage could be found at the site of the crash.

Peter Sharp.

June 2002.