Many of the airmen who were on board Halifax LL178 when it crashed at Kepwick Bank Top, North Yorkshire.

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Crew 56

L to R

P/O R.E. Ballentine, (R-AG); F/O E.G. Armour, (Nav.); Unknown ground crew, F/O D.C. Evans, (Pilot); Sgt. W. Cotton, (W-AG, RAF); Unknown, P/O G. Hutt, (F/E, RAF).

Missing from photo – P/O D.E. Jackson (B/A); P/O J.S. Sleigher, (MU-AG); P/O D.A. Thicke (2nd Dickey)

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The aircraft Halifax LL-178 struck an area of high ground, west of Arden Hall, near Hawnby in North Yorkshire. For further details I am redirecting you to Rich Allenby's web site, he has visited this crash location and provides very good detail and photos... LL-178 Crash Site 

Photo courtesy Rich Allenby

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