For those looking for downed aircraft information may I suggest looking at the below resources. Kind regards Thanks Richard will make enqs re the book you mention. He was originally from Stowmarket in Suffolk and I am the towns historin trying to put a nice piece together about his short life. My assumption is that the crash must have occurred the same day, but that may be wrong. I live approximately a mile from where the Lancaster your uncle was flying crashed. Aside from this A V2 rocket landed in Parmiter Street, Bethnal Greenon 7th February 1945..I was 6 at the time and at Mowlem Street School..I remember the windows being blasted in and my house being bombed..My niece was killed in this raid and my Dad who was Mayor of Bethnal Green at this time was brought home from work . Can I help? Roger. I am trying to find out any information about a B-17 Flying Fortress plane crash May 31, 1945. My father grew up in Hoxne, Suffolk and I still live in the area. I would guess as he had the DFM he was on his 2nd tour. The R.A.F. This is the pilot who shot down PB209. Approximate location, date such as time of year, the name of the pilot, anything from memory such as stories you heard from your father or other family anything like that could help enormously. IX, NH356. Crashed after collision with F/O Boulton's aircraft. All 8 occupants killed. The Manchester went down. Good of you to provide the crew details. Of the latter, nearly 200 crash sites were relocated and identified. It was called Operation Gisela, lots of aircraft were shot down that night, with some of the last Luftwaffe Junkers 88s crossing the North Sea to wait for RAF bombers returning to base from their attacks on German targets. The wreckage remains as a memorial. Richard. Regards Running short of fuel and in poor visibilty, they headed for what seemed to be an airstrip. The notes with each map have been prepared by Alan and Clive The six maps are dated as follows. Hi Barry, many thanks for getting in touch .. delighted to make your acquaintance. Ten aircrew died, including my uncle. When they attempted to land, they realised that the apparent airstrip was a sandbank and crashed. Link here to Aviation Safety Network has an overview plus links to other websites it references, Hello , An allied aircraft crashed in front of my father, Cpl R.A.Jacksons platoon in the village of Hollot Normandy France on 1st or 2nd August 1944. The only Anson crash off the North Wales coast was, I recall from a picture in a book somewhere (possibly Llanbedr area) I saw many years ago, one that had force-landed just off the beach and was salvaged after it was dragged onto the beach, so it wouldnt be one out in the water. 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. Campbell made a crash landing upon returning to base. Ive got quite a few bits & bobs that you may be interested in. As is often the case, we left it too late to check out what he was saying. Any info gratefully received. All crew were killed. Hi This site only details air crash sites in England and Wales, you may be better off asking the site admin for air crash sites scotland. Looked at the 1944 Chorley bible there is no record of an air crash near Stowmarket on 27/8/44 nor a few days either side of 27th. Any chance this could have been a Spitfire with a Canadian pilot who crashed near combe, Woodstock? Again, thank you so much for replying. I'm hoping to update PlaneCrashMap.com with some of the features of the new . 3 of the crew were killed in the crash: Derrick, thank you for your reply. You can change the default title of the document by typing a new name (maximum 50 . The weather was very thundery which brought down several aircraft including 42-31038, also from 306BG, which came down nr. Mosquito LR412, propeller hub. Sad to read of your mums recent passing. Home; Map of crashes; List by state; About; Washington fatal crashes (1183) View all crashes on a map. walking; dogs; wheelchair users; climbing . A highly decorated pilot returned to the uk 3 months later and was shot down and killed over Kent . Remains of a machine gun from Messerschmitt Bf 109 Werknummer 7463, shot down by anti-aircraft fire on 7 February 1942. The grid reference is SJ764674, just North of the A535 and East of the A50. I saw the crash which was caused by the Waco on tow getting out of position and pulling the tail of the tug to starboard. Hi could you give me any info on this crash site iam a relative of Flight Sergeant Valencia. And but seconds after the whole crew jumped exploded in mid-air. [1] [2] The crash killed 14 of 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was on duty . He and 2 others ran to rescue the crew but sadly they ran into an enemy mine field, he was killed and the others were wounded, I would like to know if possible? It was pointing north. Ive heard that some of the planes are still located where they fell. I was born on Stocking Farm and there were always rumours of this around. These sites are not protected in any way but anyone finding items would have the sense and good manners to inform the local RAF base and let them take it from there, easiest way around that. Im trying to locate the site of a B17 crash in West Norfolk. Thanks Beth. heres the link. TWA Flight 260 Crash Site Albuquerque, New Mexico. The plaque is by the entrance to Mill Farm at 514347.8N, 13442.1W and reads: In Memory Of Crash site of USAAF P51B Mustang 43-12419 on Rooley Moor. Do you know of an aircrash or have a photograph of which I witnessed as a 4 year old at Cairnbulg It occured at the beginning of the aerodrome near where we were staying about 1944 I think it was a spitfire and the trainee pilot had come in too low and his rear wheel caught on the railway fence. British, German and American plane crash sites are also marked. The skipper of the boat we used to dive with found it when he was fishing and caught his nets in it. NOT the B24 that crashed on Freckleton school near what is now Bae Warton. Airspeed Oxford NM683, Rushup Edge, Peak District. Expect they will be better placed to help with your query. I have some further information that you may, or indeed may not already have. I was four years old at the time, but have a vivid memory of very small pieces of aircraft scattered, of what seemed to me at the time over a wide area. Good luck to you all in your searches. Date of crash/deaths is 29 April 1943. Not come across any photos of him yet. Researchers in Germany are investigating the loss of RAF Lancaster PB209, 156 Pathfinder Squad. 115. WW2 Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands, North Sea & English Channel. Kind regards The plane landed into units at a storage facility in Kent. Takeoff Date: Crew Status: Crash Date: Registration No L6290. Looking for information for a crashed plane in the area of stocking farm mowacre hill Beaumont leys, in Leicester, what I have to go on is that it was a Wellington with American crew around about April 1942 theres always been rumours of a crash but no evidence Ive seen, hoping to share the details with a local site to put rumours to rest, any help be appreciated thanks. Little bit of confusion though it seems 81 OTU disbanded Jan 1944. I feel inspired now to visit the crash site and add it to these pages. 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. Best of luck with your researches, hope to hear more. My research re 2nd Lt Reed is complete re the crash except for a pic of the crash scene, I have a ongoing enq in the States re a possible nephew which I am waiting on. F/Lt. However, one local source mentions a possible plane crash so it seems worth following up..thanks in advance for any help or advice- PD. Superfortress 44-61999 Over-Exposed! air crash site on Bleaklow, Superfortress RB-29A 44-61999 Over-Exposed! (sometimes called the Bleaklow Bomber), http://aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-10/styled-269/index.html, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997728, Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, http://www.fredtrendle.de/images/pdf/Buchauszug-Februar-1944-Nacht.pdf, http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z9471, All photos and text are aircrashsites.co.uk unless otherwise stated. geograph for square SP5345. She and Geoffrey went to services at Knockholt Parish Church regularly. Any help would be appreciated, Our uncles were killed in the same crash.Family lore says the aircraft (possibly L4323) was attempting a spiral manoeuvre before crashing. Hurst says that a machine gun was found at the site in 1973. His godson still lives in Curry Wood Gerald Brooks another well known and long-established Halstead family. The crew parachuted to safety over Penrith and the pilotless bomber crashed into Brownrigg fell near Plumpton, a village a few miles north of Penrith. How common were these losses in training exercises? Forgot to say crash site was in the village of Wetheringsett, Suffolk. You live in a very nice part of the Norfolk coast.I am a Norfolk Dumpling myself although I now live in exile at Peterborough. Hi Sandy, My friendss dad was the headmaster Norman Sampson. 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. . Crashed Great Dunmow En route to RAF Witchford. Crash Sites Curtiss C-46 Commando. Other times such the as the request about the P-47 above searches all end up pointing to the same very limited resource. Was the B24 crash site opposite Rookery Farm, Walcott? Thats him! Also B24 at cow roast nr Tring Herts 1944. Several agencies pulled a 59-year-old man and a 23-year-old man out of the wreck. He lived there all his life literally born and died in the village. See the main aircraft crashes pagefor the stories behind these incidents. I will be grateful for the smallest item of information which might help. The Aircraft suffered an engine explosion followed by a fierce fire which led to the wing becoming detached before the plane crashed. View all planes linked to locations in Scotland Hiya, I.. looking for any further information/pictures if possible of Wellington DV936. By 03 Nov, 2020 Uncategorized. Aircrew members who died were: F/O Thomas James Michael Nash (Pilot), P/O James Cunningham Porteous, W/O Peter Alfred Merrall and Flt/Sgt. E.F/Bonser (296 Squadron), Thanks David, not a site I have visited. I will let you know when I have been to the Forum. Hi Steve, I have looked in the books I own but can find no reference to it. See map. Thats why I knew I had the correct person. And but seconds after the whole crew jumped exploded in mid-air. My Uncle Jack Anderson, who was a TEC 5 appears to have died in that same crash. Footnote 1] Have a brother who lives in Costessey Michael Wright [ I was adopted ] ever come across him ? Ian. Any help would be most greatly appreciated. The watches on the bodies of those aboard had all stopped at 10:10 a.m. Im going to write an email to the MOD as I could be breaking the law by collecting bits. Kind regards. I also wonder if there is any coronial information you might be able to access from the local authority? on 27.8.1944 at 04.05 in Albemarle V1782, F/S A.H.Busbridge (Pilot) But I cannot find a list of the crew. One of the most prominent aircraft crash sites can be discovered from Wasdale Head. I work for the local council and would seek to put some sort of memorial up should it be located on the part of the heath that we manage. Lt Owen B. Coffman, pilot, killed. Required fields are marked *. His name is flight sergent robert sidney brothwell raf 1238487. The name of your brother is familiar to me but I dont think I knew him. Did you obtain these from any particular source? school Now. Confused by auto headlights, the fighter hit a tree while attacking the airfield at RAF Elvington and crashed at Sutton upon Derwent, Yorkshire; all four crew members were killed. Plane stalled on approach. Use our interactive map to find out where. I dont think this is the correct place because your dates are different, but Im looking for more information about the crash where my great uncle lost his life, and I really dont know where else to look. The Winsford & Middlewich Guardian, for example. Sorry, I have not been able to identify this crash, Im afraid. Flying to Denmark for first time in April. Your father worked in the woods at Randles Lane,and my aunt told me his name. Hi there. Thanks for adding that Joe. I have since found out that Uncle Bills accident was on 8t h Oct 1941 he was in 15 OTU. Thank you Andy, Hi Andy, sorry for late reply, have just returned from holiday. Frank Towler and I reached the plane, the guns had been removed. It says in one link that it was a daytime flight, but the time-stamp elsewhere is 23:48, which suggests night to me. What a coincidence that you remember him. Roger Bean, Hi Roger. Hi. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. have paperwork and two oakclusters but cant decipher without plane or crewnames the missions he flew dads name William f. Ireland . He provides a rough grid reference for the crash site; NY521371. This was in snowdonia, wales. On this channel you'll find historic and educational videos from the 1900s. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/12924. The recollections of some of the farm workers who worked on the farm at the time of the crash were that the plane crashed on a Saturday lunchtime just as they were finishing work, 29/04/1944 was a Saturday. 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. Subscribe for more: http://goo.gl/JJSE4ZWelcome to FootageArchive! It had just taken off from Hethel Airfield on a mission to Germany. Thank you. Use the slider or your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out. The Snake Pass can be found in the Peak District, along the A57 main road that runs from Ladybower Reservoir to Glossop. (Photo . http://www.fredtrendle.de/images/pdf/Buchauszug-Februar-1944-Nacht.pdf (Page 213). Sarah. Im eager to hear from you again. Click and drag to move the map around. On Friday, August 20, 1948, seven military aircraft left Mitchell Field on Long Island, N. Y., bound for the Worcester Airport in Worcester, Massachusetts to take part in an airshow over the weekend. Ive been asked to find the site where Lancaster ED835 crashed in May 1943 when returning, badly damaged, from a combat mission. I found what looks like a latch handle that has a plastic grommit attached, and the grommit has Wellington Regd moulded into it. When reaching the British coast however, Hubbard no longer was able to keep his a/c in the air any longer and ordened his crew to bail out as quick as possible. The pilot was in turn shot down over the channel but was picked up off the German coast. Hi Paul, google location map; maps. When reaching the British coast however, Hubbard no longer was able to keep his a/c in the air any longer and ordened his crew to bail out as quick as possible. There was no mention by them of a fatality. We have no photo of this aircraft and would very much appreciate any input. Watch, learn. Your memory of the exact spot is interesting, but I have not been able to find any air crashes at Holmes Chapel from around that time. Sgt Donald L. Moore, right waist gunner, killed Im sorry that I do not have more information to go with this story. . Yorkshire Air Museum picked up the rear fuselage from here. Hi Roger I have been searching for an aircraft crash that occurred in 1943-4 in Holmes Chapel (Church Hulme, Cheshire. Obviously, I dont check my email daily, but Ill try to be better now. what aircraft it was and if the crew survived. This accident is documented, but I have not seen it listed in any air crash sites or even in any number of incident lists. WW2 fighter pilots used their airborne skills to tip V1 Flying Bombs out of the sky to bring them down. If you have not been to Madingly a visit is highly recommended They were visiting the factory where the Bombers were made but on takeoff the Bomber just touched the top of some trees and crashed. I have investigated the crash files but I am unable to find any information concerning this particular crash. Going back to the air crash, dad used to talk about growing up in the war years, I think our children would be taken away from us if we allowed them to do some of the things he and his friends got up to!! Anyway, I have digressed away from the point of this site but it is interesting to catch up with people associated with the area. Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your comments Richard I have checked out that web site Honor the Fallen no trace of Lt Reed, so Ive messaged them asking why as he was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.Saw your Shazam site, any particular reason you are researching the Costessy crash? Good luck with your research and I will Keep Lt Reed in mind when I am doing work ok on my Shazam project They were returning from an attack on Germany (Cologne?) 2] Was a police officer in Cambs, Cambridge area, duty at Peterborough Football Club many times I retired in 95. Ian. She married a Packman from Knockholt. Hi, do you have any information on any B17s from the 95th bomb Group, I am a committee member from this group and would like to research any information you have? Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, was the last Axis aircraft to crash on British soil during World War II. He did a lot of coppicing in that area and had woodland in Halstead. Hi Richard, Thanks for your efforts much appreciated, I was a police officer in the Cambridge area which covered Madingly [ retired 1995 ] and I spent many duties on Madingly Day, and used to call in at various times,very impressive place. Thats recently been made into the memorial mentioned above. You could nonentheless contact the RAF Museum and ask them for some guidance? Following the Snake Pass, the hike up to the plane wreckage is around 2 miles (3.2km). Your email address will not be published. Above; Crash site of RB-29A 'Over-Exposed!' on Bleaklow. I am looking for any info on my Uncle, Pilot Officer Arthur Glyndwr Thomas, who died in a plane crash (Lancaster?) WWII crash sites to be surveyed. He was killed testing this aircraft on 18 April 1944 having taken off from an airfield near Salisbury heading for a dive bombing range. Thank you for your email earlier in the year. No problem, glad it has answered some questions for you. Sgt. Richard. A further shed was added to the site and a range of non-rigid airships designed and constructed. A NEW digital map has painstakingly recorded all the bombs that fell on Britain during World War II. When the stations crash crew appeared at the site they found the remains of a No.12 Squadron Lancaster scattered over the ground and among the wreckage, the bodies of its seven crew. The aircraft crashed ten minutes later in the circuit of Enstone airfield, at Hookerswell Farm on south-east side of Little Tew. I have looked up the Walcott crash and I should be more than pleased to see if I can find more info. FIVE years after calls for two World War II plane crash sites to be declared war graves, the downed planes, and their deceased crew, remain unprotected and open to relic hunters. Regarding photos of crash sites there ought to be a central source but I understand that the official pictures of the Shazam crash have been lost and this may have happened to many others. Hello everybody, I was on my way to abersoch yesterday and out of the car window I saw something that looked like a p51d or a spitfire mk9 that had crashed in a small building (like a kind of brick shed. The crash was at Blewbury Hill Didcot. The two planes, a Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6565 and V7742 hit the ground on 12th August 1941 and . I know that Uncle Arthur is buried in Holy Cross Churchyard in Taibach Port Talbot, his birthplace, with his mother and father. Jan. 7, 2023 at 3:05 pm Updated Jan. 7, 2023 at 9:00 pm. I went home to UK after 35 years in Australia and noted a grave site at St Pauls Church Hooton. on 13 Aug 44 near Wasserliesch, SW of Trier. I think he crashed in chorley . There are plans to recover the plane and the bodies in 2012. aircraft that crashed into the sea off the north Wales coast during World war 2. One B17 certainly crashed at Home Farm Hoxne. Do you know where it may be currently? Does anyone have any information about an Anson or possibly oxford I understand research has shown that where the impact caused severe trauma to the bodies of the crew, then recovery crews were instructed just to gather sufficient body parts to enable a funeral to take place (around 9 lbs apparently). In fact my grandad had a wood yard at the bottom of the hill and dad had another yard behind Lamberhurst House at the top of the hill. Hi John, sorry for the late reply. Regards Mike Farley. Seeking any official details of wreckage site, location, photos. It even listed his rank and squadron number (748). (RAF) / Avro Lancaster Mk. RAF Crash Sites 1942 - 1945. Jonathan. Is there anyone out there who may have more information about this particular incident? Without sounding sarcastic a name and possible sqn would be helpful. In all, 8,025 V1s were launched against the UK and, of those, 4,261 were intercepted and shot down. I was told that the aircraft were Barracudas. If I cant, maybe someone else can shed light on it? Bomber crash at the village of Wellington Heath in Herefordshire in 1943. Chris Thomson Any further background on it? Excavation in December 1944 of crash site of C-47 Skytrain at Denali National Park. This is bound to be a typo, as Hoxne is over 60 miles from Glatton, which was the bomb groups base. Wellington X3348 on Edale Moor. I believe it crashed shortly after take off near Barningham, UK. Ian. Ive also spoken with the daughter of John Vardy so it looks like three families of the original crew are now joined up and in contact, which is great news. Museum may be able to help http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/, pictures of that crash here Bill. My brother and I visited a plane crash site one evening in 1942. Searching for accurate location of Mitchell crash 30 August 1944 near Peper Harrow/Shackleford, not far from Godalming Surrey. We only wish to map the site and dig a series of 1mx1mx1m test pits. . Sqn. Connors killed, aircraft written off. 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. This was apparently a bullseye sortie that went badly wrong. I will take a look but its not my neck of the woods really. Hi Click on this link to open the PDF so that you can print or save it. Two small ceremonies at the two sites where ten of the Brits were killed. Have you contacted the Neatishead Museum in Norfolk? Appledram Arlington (Hailsham) Ashdown Forest . Heavy parts of the plane were said to be deeply embedded in the ground and were not recovered. It appears to be quite new as it is not on Google street views. USAAF B17 42-31581 at Edgworth, Lancashire. P/O A.G.Thomas KIA, F/S T.McCaffray KIA, F/S E.L.Horstmann RAAF KIA, F/S W.N.Pridmore RAAF KIA, F/S G.E.Davis RAAF KIA, F/S A.Cryer RAAF KIA, F/S A.H.Weston RAAF KIA.. The Romney Marsh Wartime Collection is a unique collection of wartime equipment, remains recovered from aircraft crash sites and memorabilia collected and donated to the Museum since its formation in 1972. They are eye-witness accounts of two crashes I witnessed. But anyway it is on the corner of Back Street and St Peters Close in the village. The Manchester went down. MineralResourceMap.com. I am following up a story of a B-24 that crashed near Swansea during the war with the loss of all hands. I have walked past it a few years ago so its also close to a public right of way. Ian, Hi Seven from this crew were killed on this mission and 3 returned. Advanced Landing Grounds on Romney Marsh and shooting the flying bombs down over the sea. Details. Whos remains and war commissions grave is at Wymeswold cemetery document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Regards Levi Wilson. 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