Thread: Grindon Moor Plane Crash, Staffordshire

Handley Page Halifax A. Mk.9 RT922 / F of 47sqn, crashed on Grindon Moor whilst attempting to drop supplies to the villages of Butterton and Grindon on the 13th February 1947.
Sadly, they all were killed and are buried in all parts of the country

The names have been recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and additional information is by kind permission of the said body.

Donald (Don) McIntyre, Squadron Leader Pilot 33269 . Son of Comdr. Lionel McIntyre, R.N., and Margaret McIntyre; husband of Rhona McIntyre, of Silverton, Devon. Buried in Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire

Ernest Smith Flight Lieutenant Navigator 164809, buried in Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire

Gordon Victor Chapman Warrant Officer 1803110 Royal Air Force Bomb Aimer killed aged 24. Son of Bertie and Hilda Chapman: husband of Marjorie Anne Chapman of Dagenham. Buried at Rippleside Cemetery, Barking, Essex

Richard Sydney Kearns Warrant Officer Flight Engineer 3030875 killed aged 22. Son of R. B. Kearns and Georgette Kearns, of Kingsbury, Middlesex. Buried in Botley Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Kenneth Charles Pettit Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator 1876996 killed aged 21. Son of Percival Charles and Alice Mabel Pettit, of Thorpe, Norwich. Buried in North Walsham New Cemetery, Norfolk

William Thomas Sherry Sergeant 2078110 Glider Pilot Regiment Army Air Corps Passenger, killed aged 24. Son of William and Elizebeth Sherry, of Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Buried in Burslem Cemetery, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

David William Savill N/A Press Photographer Killed

Joseph John Reardon N/A Press Photographer Killed


Donald (Don) McIntyre, Squadron Leader Pilot at rest in Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire

Ernest Smith Flight Lieutenant Navigator 164809, buried in Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire