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Blyth Green (2) Halifax Memorial

Blyth Green (2), Nottinghamshire

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Location

Blyth Green (2), Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire

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Aircraft & Operation Details

Aircraft Type
Halifax
Serial Number
NA581
Squadron
425 Squadron
Station
Tolthorpe
Date of Loss
1944-08-02

Crew

8 killed including Flt Lt. George Douglas Stark

Memorial Details

Type
Memorial stone

Memorial Care

parish council
Organisation
Blyth Parish Council

Local Contacts

These local organisations are connected to this memorial and may be able to help with information or visits.

Worksop Royal British Legionbritish legion

Local remembrance and memorial support

Blyth Parish Councilparish council

Local authority responsible for memorial upkeep

Further Reading

425 Alouette Squadron BlogRetrieved 2026-03-23

RCAF 425 (Alouette) Squadron records document Halifax NA581 as lost on 2 August 1944 during a daytime test flight from RAF Tolthorpe, when it suffered engine problems and crashed near Blyth village.

Daytime test flightEngine problems caused crash425 (Alouette) Squadron RCAF

Aviation Archaeology lists Halifax NA581 in its 1944 military crash records, confirming the crash near Blyth on 2 August 1944 with crew casualties including Canadian airmen P/O Pigeon and P/O Pitkin.

P/O John Jerome Pigeon from Stratford, Ontario killedP/O Edmund Francis Pitkin from Toronto killed

The Nottinghamshire Aviation Memorials guide includes the Blyth village green memorial, erected 14 September 1997, which commemorates crews of both Wellington HE818 and Halifax NA581.

Memorial erected 14 September 1997Shared memorial covers both HE818 and NA581 crews

Sources

  • Geograph(website)

Credits & Acknowledgements

Record compiled by
Keith Binley
Heritage sources
425 Alouette Squadron Blog (retrieved 2026-03-23)
Last updated 2026-03-21

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