According to
Halifax JP182 - Eel Crag.
and several other references, he was accompanied by a Flight Engineer.
Both from No 14 Ferry Pilots Pool.
Halifax JP182. Crashed on Eel Crag.
Pilot - F/Cpt Bernard Short ATA, aged 34? Of Hull. Buried Ringway Churchyard, Cheshire (Row 3, grave 4).
Flight Engineer - Snr F/Eng Arthur Bird ATA, aged 29, of Edenbridge, Kent. Buried Edenbridge Cemetery, Kent (Grave 292A)