Marley Hill, aircraft crash site

HER Number

12349

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Marley Hill, aircraft crash site

Place

Marley Hill

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Aircraft Crash Site

Site Type: Specific

Hurricane

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

On 10th February 1942 a single fighter Hawker Hurricane MK1 crashed into an orchard opposite High Marley Hill radio mast due to bad weather. The pilot Sergeant James D'Arcy Lees Graham, who was 24 years old, was killed. He was from Carstairs Alberta and was a member of the Royal Canadian Airforce, based at RAF Usworth.

Easting

419500

Northing

557700

Grid Reference

NZ419500557700

Sources

Article by Philp Smith, Historian on www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk