Photo: B. Chandler

Screveton: Photo: Tony Hibberd

Screveton: Photo: Tony Hibberd

Screveton: Photo: Tony Hibberd

Screveton Church: Tony Hibberd

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

A.C.2 Stokoe was killed when Avro Lancaster I W4103 RC-E of No. 5 L.F.S. (Lancaster Finishing School) crashed near R.A.F. Syerston. The Lancaster had just taken off from the airfield for flying practice, and collided with Airspeed Oxford trainer LB415 of 1521 Flight. The eight crew aboard the Lancaster and the two aboard the Oxford were all killed.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses: Vol. 8; Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939-1947;W.R. Chorley; 2003; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 156 3, page 209

Tony Hibberd has submitted photos of the memorial at Screveton where the crash happened.

There is a pillar of rough granite on which is a plaque giving the details of the accident and the crews.

Inside the church is a brass plaque bearing the names and a paper behind glass also bearing all the names.

The pillar was erected in 2005, and there is a display telling the story of how and why the memorial was erected.

AC2 Stokoe is remembered in Benwell on B86.03

The CWGC entry for Aircraftman 2nd Class Stokoe