Coons, Willis Wylie (Flying Officer)

Took off from Thornaby at 16:40 in Warwick ASR.I BV-336 on an air-sea rescue search over the North Sea off Holland.

On return the aircraft flew into a hill in bad visibility at High Bridge Stones, Sleights Moor, 4 miles south west of Whitby, Yorkshire.

Killed: Flying Officer Willis Wylie Coons RCAF J/17250 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Harrowgate Yorkshire Sec. C. Row D. Grave 16. Warrant Officer Class 2 William Vernon Crockett RCAF R/98771 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. C. Row D. Grave 17. Squadron Leader Edgar Andrew Good RCAF C/18640 KIA St. Martin Churchyard Houghton. Warrant Officer Class 2 Douglas Allan Payton RCAF R/105266 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. C. Row D. Grave 18. WO Henry George Richardson RAF KIA Tunbridge Wells Cemetery Cons. Sec. 19C. Grave. Flying Officer Dennis Maurice Stewart RAF KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. C. Row D. Grave 19.