Memorial to the Stockport Air Disaster, 1967.

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Memorial to the passengers and crew

Those who lost their lives are not named on the memorial, however they are:

Crew: Christopher POLLARD, co-pilot, of Cornwall Gerald LLOYD, engineer, of Kegworth Tony TAYLOR, steward, of Leicester   Passengers: Dorothy ACKROYD Michael AYLAND, of Sheffield Janet AYLAND, of Sheffield Herbert BENTON Phyllis BENTON Christine BENTON James BOOTH, of Stockport Eliza BOOTH, of Stockport Catherine BROOKS, of Stockport Ronald COWGILL, of Bradford Annie COWGILL, of Bradford Philip CRUSE, of Newcastle Bernard DOWD, of Chester Jane DOWD, of Chester Sarah GILL Alice GODWIN, of Ossett Leslie HARLAND Marie HARLAND Alan HUGHES, of Blackpool Kathleen HUGHES, of Blackpool Elsie JAMES, of Wombwell Arthur KEMP, of Salford Elsie KEMP, of Salford Roy LATHAM, of Sheffield Margaret LATHAM, of Sheffield Mabel MELLOR Lillian NOLAN, of Middleton, Manchester Julia NOLAN, of Middleton, Manchester Eva OWEN, of Wirral Arthur REYNOLDS, of Leeds Ethel REYNOLDS, of Leeds Edward SHAW, of Leeds Gloria SHAW, of Leeds Jeremy SHAW, of Leeds Maxine SHAW, of Leeds Norman SMART Jillian SMART Alexander SMITH Glenise SMITH Arthur SMITH, of Slaithwaite Rachael SMITH, of Slaithwaite David SMITH, of Slaithwaite Harry STANSFIELD, of Manchester Joan STANSFIELD, of Manchester John STANSFIELD, of Manchester Brian STOTT, of Cheadle Ann STOTT, of Cheadle Alan TAYLOR Jean TAYLOR Philip THORNE, of Selby Jean THORNE, of Selby Peter THORNE, of Selby Raymond TOMLINSON, of Clowne, Derbyshire Phyllis TOMLINSON, of Clowne, Derbyshire Ann TOMLINSON, of Clowne, Derbyshire Michael TOMLINSON, of Clowne, Derbyshire Thomas WALSH, of Middleton, Manchester Jean WALSH, of Middleton, Manchester Jeanette WALSH, of Middleton, Manchester William WALSH, of Middleton, Manchester Gertrude WILLIAMS Paul WILLIAMS Joseph WILSHAW Marjorie WILSHAW William WOOD Joan WOOD Reuben WOOLFSON Sonia WOOLFSON Wendy WOOLFSON

The survivors, many of whom were badly injured, were:

Crew: Harry MARLOW, captain Julia PARTLETON, stewardess   Passengers: Fiona CHILD Mary GREEN Susan HOWARTH Alan JOHNSON Albert OWEN Linda PARRY David RALPHS Vivienne THORNBER Harold WOOD william WOOD

Memorial to the rescuers

Many of the rescuers had their lives changed as a result of the experience.

Notes

Twelve survivors were thrown clear or extracted by rescuers who managed to clamber into the crumpled wreckage before a fuel fire caught hold. The remaining seventy-two passengers and crew perished.

The crash occured at 10 a.m. in the middle of a densely populated area. It is a miracle that no-one on the ground was killed.

An Argonaut was a Canadian built and British engined version of the Douglas DC4 airliner.

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