Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
He was killed in Consolidated Liberator Mk.III BZ952 ‘X’ of 357 Sqn, R.A.F., which flew into a mountain in cloud, 30 miles west of Weining, China, on April 6th 1944. Also killed on board were 1078047 Sgt (WOp/AG) Sgt. James Walton Ridley of Acomb, and 1564130 F/Sgt Richard Applegarth Dunn of Byrness.