Regards Richard. Public Tags. I have been told Walter was air crew (possibly Wellington) shot down over Holland. I am told it was a Armstrong whitly but can find no colabaration. Couldnt see this one listed, which RAF Brize Norton has just had on their FB page 27th Aug 20: https://bit.ly/3jnkhfQ. Jan. 7, 2023 at 3:05 pm Updated Jan. 7, 2023 at 9:00 pm. Open full screen to view more. Richard. USAAF B17 42-31581 at Edgworth, Lancashire. (Donald something) Flights MZ633 and N1687 collided mid air during unauthorised flying formation. Hi Hugh, yeah thats lovely. Barry. that particulair night. I have to go back at what I just now do remember (without checking) and what Tom wrote and told me in his original letters to me! I am trying to find out any information about a B-17 Flying Fortress plane crash May 31, 1945. Hi Mick this would be William Hughes from Ticknall? Lt Owen B. Coffman, pilot, killed. You state you have a fair amount of material re your crash would that include a pic of the crash site ? Several of crew were killed. Also looking into the other two RAf men buried at Ticknall and both were training accident victims. Superfortress 44-61999 Over-Exposed! air crash site on Bleaklow, Aviation Archeological Research and Investigation, https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1945O.htm, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/12924, http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/390th-bomb-group/interesting-information-and-facts/, https://aircrewremembrancesociety3.com/Aircraft-Losses/USAAF-Losses/U.S.A.A.F.Losses-1943/page-49/, All photos and text are aircrashsites.co.uk unless otherwise stated. Hi Roger (RAF) / Avro Lancaster Mk. Thank you very much! Hi there I grew up 1/4 of a mile away from the crash site in Hoxne and still shoot on the land regularly if I can be of any help there are plenty of local storys about the crash! I have to go back at what I just now do remember (without checking) and what Tom wrote and told me in his original letters to me! it was near Gainsborough? I know that it crashed close to a Canadian Army vehicle park which I have since found. 04 Aug 2013: Cessna 182P: Stanwood, WA. I have found a report in Jim Jones Personal history of RAF Harwell which I think my be this accidentmarch 11th Wellington X3874 observed by schoolboys to roll over on its back 600feet over Didcot and spiral down, it crashed and burnt outin Fleet meadow.Its said the pilot was practising single engine flying when he got into trouble the accident was thought to be 1942 but not sure. Would you happen to know the name of the landholder where you found the pieces of the plane? I couldnt find anything on your website. Expand. Subscribe for more: http://goo.gl/JJSE4ZWelcome to FootageArchive! Hi John, Im afraid I have nothing more than what is in this thread; http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?73936-P-47-Thunderbolt. The 75th anniversary is looming and me being the Parish Chair for Birkin we are to erect a memorial to the flight crews at the crash site. Im eager to hear from you again. B17 Buttercup 306th Bomb Group based at Thurleigh crashed Latchford Oxon Nov 13th 1943, no survivors of 10 crew (all names known). However, in other cases, a local historian may hear of a crash, "that happened sometime during World War II ", and is trying to learn . It was with the 457th Bomb Group and was on a bombing raid to Merseberg near Leipzig in Germany on 21 April 1944, probably to attack the oil refinery there. Sgt. already, no pictures. Cees Waardenburg, DFC, and Gunner FO Harry Payne were only men aboard, up from Dunsfold, and both killed. P-47D Thunderbolt 42-22758 crash site on Pendle Hill. Apparently it crashed just North of the Main Railway line to the east of Westbury Station Not far off the Ham road. Do you knowis Park Farm an actual farm, a park, or a village? Im not the William Hughes from Ticknall hes an imposter pinched my ID. The circumstances of each of those crashes are described in my book, which draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources from both sides.". A He-111 on the borders of Sweden with Norway Sweden . Hi Jonathan, I remember being interviewed by an RAF Officer who was interested that the Albemarle cast off the tow rope before falling out of the sky, thus saving the Waco. If you were to post your query in the general forum on RAF Commands website, I am sure someone there will help you. That part of the country is not the geographical area I usually cover, but I will take a look at the resources and books I have this evening and will get back to you if I find anything. Thanks for your visit and comment Mike. Thank You. Im afraid I have nothing on that one Roger, maybe someone else has? Mosquito LR412, propeller hub. Sgt. I will let you know when I have been to the Forum. I currently have your uncles flying log book and other bits in my collection. https://indexarticles.com/newspaper-collection/sunday-herald-the/wartime-mystery-to-rise-from-the-deep/. I have since found out that Uncle Bills accident was on 8t h Oct 1941 he was in 15 OTU. I would really appreciate any information you have on John, his daughter and/or the crash. Sorry I didnt mention this before. By 03 Nov, 2020 Uncategorized. So many names from the past! A NEW digital map has painstakingly recorded all the bombs that fell on Britain during World War II. (Great Nephew Of Francis Leonard Kennedy MUG LL701), Mid-air collision between two Whitley V medium bombers (Z9471 and LA879) from RAF 10 OTU based out of Abingdon/Stanton Harcourt, roughly 2 miles south-east of Stanton Harcourt, on 17th September 1943. As is often the case, we left it too late to check out what he was saying. Do you know if there was more than one plane that went down there? http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/390th-bomb-group/interesting-information-and-facts/. Very happy to share it with you if you wanted it? regards Bill, Hi again Steve Done a bit more checking and the only place I can find with info is peakdistrictaircrashes and the reference to Robert takes some finding but it is there. Registration No L6290. 08 . Can you confirm if this is the accident or give me any more details thank you. The work of the 'wreckologists' who dig up crashed World War II aircraft. I have not contacted the museum at Neatshead although I have visited the Hethel air museum where Shazam was based. I recently gained permission to search some farm land between Whetstone & Littlethorpe. The aircraft crashed ten minutes later in the circuit of Enstone airfield, at Hookerswell Farm on south-east side of Little Tew. The plane was returning from a raid on the Karlsruhe railway marshalling yards. I have shown some photos of possibley that aircraft. Ian had posted a picture of some of the wreckage from my great uncles plane crash. Required fields are marked *. Maybe they were Canadian! Used to work not that far from you at Heathrow. 1. Sunday, 22nd November 2020 at 1:49 pm. In all, 8,025 V1s were launched against the UK and, of those, 4,261 were intercepted and shot down. Hi Derek, thank you for your enquiry. It was pointing north. Through a Danish WW2 history buff I found the location of the farmers field where the crew crash landed. Also whether or not the truck driver was full or empty. Hi Barry, many thanks for getting in touch .. delighted to make your acquaintance. I have googled for any crashes logged in the area but I cant find anything. Hi i would like to know a little more.about the 2 B17 that collided over Braintree Essex UK 1945 10 march, Looking for information and photos of the crash(es) that took place Mar. Shows Following-up my former request about the Wittering crash, I am of course (when requested) tell more about my late and for many years good and well respectyed friend Thomas C. Stanley MBE of Liverpool, ex-crew member of Manchester L7518. I am 85 years old and I have a vivid memory of a spitfires or huracane crashing at Heanor Derbyshire in a farmyard .I cant find anything locally can you help? It crashed in the area that is Woodstock Following the Snake Pass, the hike up to the plane wreckage is around 2 miles (3.2km). I was told that the aircraft were Barracudas. I have some further information that you may, or indeed may not already have. Thank you . My stepmother lived in Stud Farm opposite St Margarets and, apart from a couple of long standing families in Church Road, dont remember much beyond that. This link to a geograph page shows the location of the crash site and memorial on an Ordnance Survey map Two Polish pilots on a flying exercise, long after taking off from Usworth, near Sunderland, flew through the cloud and hit the south end of Slight Side near Scafell. Aviation Archeological Research and Investigation On this page search by pressing (as you can on any page or document) Ctrl + F and in the search bar type 42-97236; it will take you to the entry for this aircraft. Where is the Bleaklow Bomber plane crash site? Im trying to locate the site of a B17 crash in West Norfolk. I know, isnt it strange how one link leads to another! You could nonentheless contact the RAF Museum and ask them for some guidance? I will take a look but its not my neck of the woods really. Richard. Kind regards, Terry. I have visited the site, although theres nothing to indicate there has been a crash with nothing on the surface. My friendss dad was the headmaster Norman Sampson. Permission was granted by the MOD for the site to be excavated but on reapplying have been turned down stating the possibility of human remain maybe on site. Ian. Mostly concerned with the site of the pilot who died, Lt. Earl H. Bond, Did you find out about crash site?never heard of this onepaul. Use the slider or your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out. Do you know what they did with them? The wreckage was not discovered until June 13, 1957 (Macha and Jordan 2002). We often played in the Spitfire that was left in one of the hangars at Hooton. I've put it on a map, similar to PlaneCrashMap here, and have used what I've learned on this site to make it more easy to use and quicker, despite the larger data source used. Chris Thomson Best regards Has crew list and an account of the crash. One was Aug 1St 1039, the other in 1944. Does anyone have any information about an Anson or possibly oxford Ian. Very nostalgic for me as I visited the farm where the crew sheltered the first night night and Ulich and Helga Jensen gave them food at great risk to themselves. Flt Sgt Denny was the only son in the family with 3 sisters still surviving out of 4. The two planes, a Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6565 and V7742 hit the ground on 12th August 1941 and . When my grandfather, Rev. Each time we retrieved these items they were handed to the landowner who was aware of the crash site. The crash site being about 7 miles out to sea from Prestatyn. This accident is documented, but I have not seen it listed in any air crash sites or even in any number of incident lists. All military aircraft crash sites in the United Kingdom, its territorial waters, or British aircraft in international waters, are controlled by the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. . It was well maintained being part of the city square. Here, a party from 49 MU drags sections of a crashed aircraft across a Kent hop field. Will have a look at what I have and let you know if I find anything James. Im also hoping to find a more accurate crash site for this aircraft. Whos remains and war commissions grave is at Wymeswold cemetery The man is holding up part of the tail section. Click the Satellite button for an aerial view. Click on this link to open the PDF so that you can print or save it. That is a fascinating story Paul. (Photo . Upwaltham (C-47 Crash Site) Upwaltham (Lancaster Crash Site) Willingdon (B-24 Ruth-Less Crash Memorial) Worthing (49 Sqn Lancaster) OTHER SITES. I would most especially love to know the names of the three survivors, though they may be gone now. I am looking for information on a tragic double Halifax collision on 21st August 1944 over the skies of Birkin, North Yorkshire. Hi i am looking for information about a aircraft accident ( service record) at netheravon on the 17/11/1942 . There is a chance Leicester Mercury may have details in their archieves. I remember Grosvenor Aslachsen being Rector. The R.A.F. Several agencies pulled a 59-year-old man and a 23-year-old man out of the wreck. He was driving an open-topped Mercedes & was struck on the head by a gas bottle, whether full or empty is not recorded. Sgt John P. Medica, tail gunner, survived. Will have a look and drop you a line if I find anything. Where might I find that info? Good of you to provide the crew details. Walton rang my aunt in Orpington, one night to say the plane had come down (hinT: Id be interested!). It was raining hard that night. Do you have any info on B17 crash at Bovingdon herts 1942-3 on a weather check flight, Visited site years ago and found some parts. Can I help? Myself and a colleague have been metal detecting at Park Farm Hoxne for 15 years, in the early days we unearthed numerous fragments from the crashed aircraft, also included were many complete,bent and broken rounds of admonition. 26 April 2011. 3 February 2010. Also B24 at cow roast nr Tring Herts 1944. I am trying to obtain details of a Beaufort that crashed off the West Coast of Scotland on 25th May 1943. Accident-Report.com Do the same as above. It seems likely the survivors were wearing parachutes and were able to get out of the aircraft and open them. I understand the crew all survived although my Father had a broken 6 miles round trip on rough trail, 3,000 feet elevation gain. Translation: See map. Ian. P-38 Lightning 42-67207. I thought perhaps this crash occurred in an area that is far more populated now, and therefore, it may have been moved? Ive heard that some of the planes are still located where they fell. Note also that the entry from the 457 Bomb Group Assn states that the aircraft broke up with bits falling in the fields near Glatton. A Danish WW2 history buff i found the location of the crash site the landholder where you found the of. 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