Short Sterling LJ628, Ewden Beck, England.

All 10 crew survived the crash. 21 July 1944. The Stirling was on a training exercise, the crew learning how to deal with stopped engines and such events. With attention concentrated on these details, the bomber had drifted off course and flew into the moor. Pilot of the Stirling, Squadron Leader Hadland, had just enough time to pull back on the stick to reduce the blow and fortunately there was no fire.

Hidden among the rocks, I was on top of it before I saw it.

Squadron Leader Hadland
Flying Officer O’Leary
Flying Officer Gardiner
Sergeant McDonald
Sergeant Coulson
Sergeant Gittings
Sergeant Ludlow
Sergeant Burroughs
Sergeant van Nierkirk (Royal Rhodesian Air Force)
Sergeant Austin (Royal Rhodesian Air Force)

Crew details in PEAKLAND AIR CRASHES – THE NORTH (P Cunningham, 2006)