Photo: Brian Chandler

The headstone reads:

In loving memory of
Sgt. (Flt-Eng) Fred Hebron, R.A.F.
only son of Fred and Ella Hebron killed in action July 20th 1942
aged 25 years.

"Greater love hath no man than this"

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Hebron was killed when Handley Page Halifax II W7670 MP-B of 76 Squadron crashed after returning to R.A.F. Middleton St. George from a mission to Vegesack, Bremen. The Halifax returned from the mission early due to technical problems, and was seen flying erratically over the airfield, losing height. Shortly afterwards, five of the crew baled out, and the Halifax crashed near Yarm, with the loss of Sgt. Hebron, and the pilot, W.O.1 Wesley L. Belous R.C.A.F., who was buried at Darlington West Cemetery.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1942; W.R. Chorley; 1994; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 89 X, page 153<

Fred Hebron is remembered in Blyth on B42.09, B42.23 and B42.36

An account of the crash
The CWGC entry for Sergeant Hebron