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. Im Terry Rafter from Australia. Other times such the as the request about the P-47 above searches all end up pointing to the same very limited resource. Id love it now, in fact. The weather was very thundery which brought down several aircraft including 42-31038, also from 306BG, which came down nr. Can anyone help? My father told me about how he met my mother. Hi, I was wondering if you had received any more info regarding Lancaster ED548 PH-X. And you said there are many local stories about the crash? Not come across any photos of him yet. Is there anyone out there who can either supply info or point me in the right direction . Flight Sergeant J M Wilde, Sergeant B R Stevenson (RCAF), Sergeant A W Beynon: killed; Flying Officer L C Boore, Pilot Officer W H Pinfold, Sergeant S Davies, Sergeant Holden: injured; aircraft accident at Banham Farm, Blewbury, Berkshire, Wellington L4323, 15 Operational Training Unit, 8 September 1941. ref:https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997728, Thank you for the information Lance. British, German and American plane crash sites are also marked. 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. Its a facinating story and one of only 2 incidents where a mechershmit ventured this far into uk air space and took out a RAF ac. Ive done a bit of checking and it seems he was a navigator with RAFVR and fell out of a Whitely at 1400ft in the peak district of Derbyshire while attached to 81 OTU at Ashbourne. (Pre-Crash): Ive been asked to find the site where Lancaster ED835 crashed in May 1943 when returning, badly damaged, from a combat mission. Re; B-24 crash Swansea, South Wales area. Hi Barry, many thanks for getting in touch .. delighted to make your acquaintance. I am doing research on the incident and I have a fair amount of material lncluding the names of the crew but any other info would help with my project. A family member recently received a letter from the Cambridge Cemetery. All crew lost all buried in there local cemeteries other than Boyes, of the RAAF whose buried in Pershore. dad was a tailgunner and radio operator from 9-1-44to 10-45.best mom remembers he was shot down over dewey france and the French resistance got them back to England. Very happy to share it with you if you wanted it? (Photo . on 13 Aug 44 near Wasserliesch, SW of Trier. I have since found out that Uncle Bills accident was on 8t h Oct 1941 he was in 15 OTU. All 8 occupants killed. Does anybody know of any record of a B17 stationed at Parham crashing near Framlington Castle? I will be grateful for the smallest item of information which might help. My Uncle Jack Anderson, who was a TEC 5 appears to have died in that same crash. It was a Canadian pilot The Dunbeath air crash involved the loss of a Short S.25 Sunderland Mk. See here for the story of this air crash, more photos, directions and grid references plus grid refs for visiting other crash sites on Bleaklow.. For other pages please select a category from the green menu bar above (there's a drop down list for the air crash site posts), or the list at the bottom of this page. http://www.fredtrendle.de/images/pdf/Buchauszug-Februar-1944-Nacht.pdf (Page 213). Hi Joe, this is not one I have documented. This is more about local history than anything else, as an ancestor of mine , name of Atkins, was This is all the info I have and as you can see Im not as sure on some of it. P-38 Lightning 42-67207. Required fields are marked *. Kind regards They were visiting the factory where the Bombers were made but on takeoff the Bomber just touched the top of some trees and crashed. And heard talk of Douglas Blundell, and the people who lived at Colgates. Other than that, all I can suggest is the usual approaches which you may have already made or considered; a trawl though the mircrofilm archived local newpapers of the time at the local library is time consuming but can turn up all sorts of stuff. Part of the hangar . I was in the ATC at Hooton Park which was our private playground as kids. Jonathan. At the last minute Marham hearing an intruder was in the area turned off the landing lights. My friendss dad was the headmaster Norman Sampson. Hi can anyone give me information on Russell Charles Denny ? But I cannot find a list of the crew. There are many WW2 crash sites around the UK, mostly on the East Coast and now part of farmland. Could you please get in contact? aircraft that crashed into the sea off the north Wales coast during World war 2. But anyway it is on the corner of Back Street and St Peters Close in the village. I am sure every USAAF crash site was photographed. My Nans house Was on Halifax drive And she always talked about how close it got and she could see the pilot who managed to lift it over the houses to crash in the fields behind. If you find out any more you can add it here and then there will at least be a source of info for anyone else looking for it. I hope to visit the American Air Force part of Norwich library at the Forum this month in the hope that I may get further info on the crew of Shazam I have six crew photos and am still hopeful of obtaining the other four including the pilot 1st Lt Dale E Williams. Hover over a marker for more information. Originally marked as lost with out a trace, new information was found according to German night fighter logs. Unfortunately Michael Hursts book, whilst being detailed, many of the locations are wrong, he deliberatly did this. Barry. Hi Jonathan, Airspeed Oxford NM683, Rushup Edge, Peak District. 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. Looking for the exact location of a memorial for a Lancaster bomber that went down just outside Bicker, Lincolnshire on the 10th April 1944. A researcher, @clapos (his internet forum and twitter alias, as he has asked www.ww2wrecks.com not to reveal his real name), has done a thorough research and located on Google Earth the exact locations of dozens of WW2 aircraft wrecks all over the Globe, both Allied, as well as Axis ones. which crashed into a field killing the pilot and a wren radio mechanic who were on a t3st flight. Or maybe as a general enquiry, ask someone here at the Coroners Society. I have been told Walter was air crew (possibly Wellington) shot down over Holland. But there is more out there about this if you want to look for it. Just read American Hero the biography of Tommy Hitchcock who was instrumental in the development of the P51B Mustang equipped with the Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Derrick, thank you for your reply. He provides a rough grid reference for the crash site; NY521371. If you were to post your query in the general forum on RAF Commands website, I am sure someone there will help you. Thank you very much! Accident-Report.com Do the same as above. Has any body got any ideas? This question has been asked on-line before (not at this site) but I have not seen a response or answer. David White. Im also hoping to find a more accurate crash site for this aircraft. I have shown some photos of possibley that aircraft. It is supposed to be on a farm in the area of Hotham and North Cave in Yorkshire. Hi Derek, thank you for your enquiry. Hope you can help. Crash Sites Avro Lancaster. I was pleased to see that you had photos of all the crew of Alfred 11. Ammunition was flying everywhere. This may be the same crash. already, no pictures. Running short of fuel and in poor visibilty, they headed for what seemed to be an airstrip. It looks like your uncle was the pilot of Lancaster ME323 which was shot down at eight minutes past one on the morning of 4 March 1945. . Granpa and Granma also lived at Edgehill. A further shed was added to the site and a range of non-rigid airships designed and constructed. I remember the exceedingly brave firemen breaking into the blazing fuselarge armed with axes in an attempt to save there colleagues. Several years ago had a visit from 3 of the surviving crew members who found quite a few bits of their plane on our land that adjoins the crash site. 31st may 1945 B-17G 43-38919 561BS 388BG station 136 8AF KCR(killed in crash) Pilot Metz, Walter B ENGland Barningham/ 1mi SE, can order crash report from site that will probably list crew and likely other casulties. Unfortunately I didnt find any thing new about Shazam at the Forum, but still hopeful that I will get photos of the crew which I need People who have read it found it quite amusing. Crashing somewhere near Wittering, 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 respected friend Thomas C. Stanley MBE of Liverpool, ex-crew member of Manchester L7518. I have visited the site, although theres nothing to indicate there has been a crash with nothing on the surface. The church has had a few incumbents since Ashlachsen, we were married in 1991 by Malcolm Bury but he has sadly died. Three photos of the memorial for the Albemarle V1782 which overshot the runway at RAF Brize Norton, courtesy of David Harrison. Just came across your website.Park Farm, Hoxne. I will try and find all the info and post it later Your uncle is mentioned in the reference to ME323 under the British losses section. Derek Scaless decorations raise money for charity. Hi Sad to read of your mums recent passing. Ilse and I walked along Beldam Haw on Monday and I looked N. across the crash field which is divided into blocks by barbed wire. I lived there from 1955 70 and small pieces of aircraft were constantly being unearthed when the field just opposite the farm entrance was ploughed. Registration No L6290. Though you cant see the cemetery in this view you will get an idea of the country your uncle flew over during the war. Very happy to share what Ive got with you. Dr Wigram was our GP. Watch, learn. In 2006 a license was granted but was never seen through to fruition. i am looking for info of 2 b17,s colliding over Braintree Essex around 1945 as i live not far from were the tail section fell the other B17 got back ok .I am looking for any info of details were the tail fell. Thats him! Im eager to keep going. In short, if you wanted to reply to my email address I can send it all over to you. There is a link to the wikipedia page about this raid below. It crashed by the river chelmer great dunmow 20/3/1945. Map Links Acknowledgements Sussex. I did find two pictures of Alfred 11 but there were no photos of the crash site. My wife and I travelled to Denmark in 2018 and I found the field where my dad crashed, the farm where they sheltered for the night and the Ulfborg jail where they were taken after capture. There was a lot of debris scattered around the site and we were prevented from getting any closer to the wreckage owing to a police cordon. He put me in touch with a colleague of his at the War Graves Commission who he felt sure would be able to help me. Hi I am trying to find the location and the type of plane in which W/O Robert L. Double DFM., aged just 22, was killed on May 18th 1944. I know that Uncle Arthur is buried in Holy Cross Churchyard in Taibach Port Talbot, his birthplace, with his mother and father. David AP, remember as a lad finding a canopy of either a spitfire or hurricane on spare land between clifton,the irwell and agecroft collery in manchester,never did find out which it was and i think its been dug up Numerous aircraft parts have been recovered by metal detection and some witnesses have come forward. Thank you so very much for finding all that. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. My father Cpl JR Matthews ran along the adjacent railway(Fraserborough to St Coombs)opened the hatch and pulled out the bewildered pilot. Crew were, Hailey, Sindrey, Barton and Surtees all RAFVR 218 (Gold Coast) Sdn. Before that they were at oakdene on Rushmore Hill,Knockholt. The bombers had been recalled due to bad weather but 42-97236 while climbing into formation, encountered a heavy downdraft and the plane went into a dive. I could have searched for many more years and not found the wonderful sources you did. Halifax Bomber MKII crashed in isle of Harris on 9th April 1945 i can find no record of this on any site .please advise. The pilot was in turn shot down over the channel but was picked up off the German coast. The detectorist had dug down at the farm and found human remains. Excluding the well-known Liberator crash in Chichester,West Sussex- if anyone out there has any data on a possible WW2 crash-site in the Fishbourne area, on farmland just outside the village, would like to know. if so I would like to know your source as I do not have a pic of my site despite many enqs,thanks. 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. There was an anti aircraft gun in the same field as well. Halifax DT581, Hoar Side Moor, Todmorden. To Sarah Rushen Her 98th birthday is today June 6, and her funeral is tomorrow. Incidentally a couple of years ago I happened to be in a WW2 vintage aircraft flying over Cambridgeshire (RAF Glatton is just north of here) and the pilot took us over the American Cemetery. My uncle (SHC Thrower) was killed 16/11/1943 when Wellington Mk 1c, DV918, from 21 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Enstone at 2010 to carry out a training exercise. 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. The farmer told me he believed a Spitfire had crashed on the site. Also worth noting that one can stay at the Restaurant les Grpins & that the UK company http://www.solognac.co.uk has a campus there. Just starting quest to contact any living relatives and invite to memorial plaque unveiling in our village. There is also a map but not much use in identifiying exact locations Apparently the aircraft disintegrated so the debris will have been spread out over a wide area but I suspect the majority of the debris landed in one compact place. MineralResourceMap.com. I am looking for information on a tragic double Halifax collision on 21st August 1944 over the skies of Birkin, North Yorkshire. I would be very grateful if you have the time to look up the crash at Walcott when you go to the Forum,I do have pics of the B24 [Alfred 11] of Reed and all his crew, 8 ejected over Beccles and the co pilot over Ingham. 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. I have not contacted the museum at Neatshead although I have visited the Hethel air museum where Shazam was based. Print map. I threw some away at first, but now Im bagging it all just in case. I live approximately a mile from where the Lancaster your uncle was flying crashed. On this channel you'll find historic and educational videos from the 1900s. I also was wondering reading your query whether the MOD in declining your application might advise what information they have? Archiving the history of Walcott-on-Sea, North Norfolk, at present researching plane crashes during WW2 I have researched the following B24 Liberator 29/4/44 [one killed the pilot] a Mosquito Bomber 13/9/44 [ all crew survived] and Whitley Bomber4/7/41 [all crew survived] I am sure there are more if any one can assist would be grateful. school Now. I have traced the family of Russell Denny and sad to say he was one of two that were lost out of a crew of 4. The Lockheed P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft nicknamed the Maid of Harlech and its pilot crash-landed into the sea off the North Wales coast in September 1942 (Image: PA) Thank you . It also suggests to me that there is no full and formal documentation of the crash, despite the loss of rather valuable aircrew. Have you contacted the Neatishead Museum in Norfolk? Hello, one site after another has led me here. Bruntingthorpe, Bitteswell ( now Magna Park ) and Rearsby were used for new aircraft storage. There are plans to recover the plane and the bodies in 2012. Crashed after collision with F/O Boulton's aircraft. B17 Buttercup 306th Bomb Group based at Thurleigh crashed Latchford Oxon Nov 13th 1943, no survivors of 10 crew (all names known). Would you have anything on this. You state you have a fair amount of material re your crash would that include a pic of the crash site ? Anyone have any details? I am originally from Stowmarket Suffolk, now living in Australia but before we left there was a story that my great grandmother used to tell me about a RAF fighter that was shot down in a dog fight over their house, From what I remember the aircraft blow up with some of the pieces of the aircraft and some other not to mention fell in the backyard, Following the Snake Pass, the hike up to the plane wreckage is around 2 miles (3.2km). Any info gratefully received. If so I know some one who has pieces of the plane. Does anyone know about a P38 that crashed in Water Lane, Cobham, Surrey on 16th March 1944? 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. I will take a look and let you know if I find anything. Does anyone have any info on the crash of Liberator B24 j Shazam at Carrs Wood Costessey Norfolk on 7th March 1945. I feel it is just a civil servant playing overly safe. The Aircraft suffered an engine explosion followed by a fierce fire which led to the wing becoming detached before the plane crashed. Ten aircrew died, including my uncle. Use the slider or your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out. Hi Richard, Made contact with Stan Bishop, the only info he has is what I have Im eager to hear from you again. Thanks Ian. shop at Park Corner which now sells logs and venison). Good of you to provide the crew details. Hi. Plane crash map Locate crash sites, wreckage and more. I have met family members and still search for information. I just replied to Mike above, and I would gladly pose those same questions to you. 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. Seeking any official details of wreckage site, location, photos. Sgt Morris R. Walker, left waist gunner, survived Sgt Joseph T. Paddock, radio operator, killed No problem, glad it has answered some questions for you. I am in the front seat by the way. 42 locations with stored, preserved or otherwise out of service airplanes found in Scotland. Sarah! This was all in a 10 day trip to Denmark in 2018 which my wife and I greatly enjoyed. Richard. Yorkshire Air Museum picked up the rear fuselage from here. The crash reports are on Forms 1180 but I doubt they would record the information you require? It is not unlikely as there were a number of aircraft which crashed taking off and landing at RAF Cranage. Where is the Bleaklow Bomber plane crash site? 2nd Lt Edward T. Dunne Co-Pilot Can you help? Of the latter, nearly 200 crash sites were relocated and identified. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1945O.htm Next up 2 RAF fighters from the same campaign 1940. The Adobe does sound like a discription from what has been handed down but I have an open mind I lived with my mother in the middle of three houses opposite the site (my father was serving in the RAF in the Sudan at the time). Its close to a river and is in a small wood. Sgt. Hi Gary I live very near to you and I have done some similar research but in relation to bomber command, maybe this info will help. RAF Glatton is about 6 miles south of the town of Peterborough. My assumption is that the crash must have occurred the same day, but that may be wrong. I am a relation of a crew member located in Australia. Because of the rough terrain and low visibility, it took rescuers a long time to reach the crash site. His godson still lives in Curry Wood Gerald Brooks another well known and long-established Halstead family. Crash sites Airspeed AS.10 Oxford. Learn how to create your own. Hi Ian, thank you for the prompt reply. WW2 Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands, North Sea & English Channel. Later I lived in Stonehouse Road and occasionally attended Evensong at St.Margarets. 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 . Lt Owen B. Coffman, pilot, killed. 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. . Lancaster NE132 near Harlech. This accident is documented, but I have not seen it listed in any air crash sites or even in any number of incident lists. Chichester (Portfield Fuel Depot) It is titled I Join The Fray. The result was that the Albemarles port wing stalled and she dived vertically into the ground. The footage of you flying was terrific as well. 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. Do you live in this area now? 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. Thats recently been made into the memorial mentioned above. Map of wartime aircraft crash sites. Unfortunately I dont have a copy of Michael Hursts book however I learned of the crash site reading a review of a new book Cumbria At War 1939-45 written by Ruth Mansergh and published by Pen and Sword. We also saw the jail were the crew was taken after capture. Click and drag to move the map around. I used to have to walk to the pharmacy at Halstead to get Granmas prescriptions. 08 . Click on a location name to go to the location page, or click on the coordinates to go to the map. 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? 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. Ian, hi steve Just come across your query about Robert Leonard Double. The pertinent part of the letter is as follows: Please see below the information that we have on the crash which involved SSgt Logan. Any other information would be greatly appreciated. Experiments were carried out including an unsuccessful attempt to launch a fighter aircraft from a non-rigid balloon. I also knew from my mother, Hetty Allen (sadly died May 19 2019) that he was also shot down over Malta and that he was a member of the Guinea Pig Club. Does anyone know if there is a memorial to the 4 aircrew members of 157 Squadron who died when their Airspeed Oxford (HM763) crashed after a dummy attack by an American Pilot flying a Mustang near Methwold in Norfolk on 1st May 1945? Forgot to say crash site was in the village of Wetheringsett, Suffolk. Would the area newspapers have an account of it? Have left a previous message which have all been sorted, however need any info re a B17 which crashed off the North Norfolk coast at Walcott-on-Sea, during the WW2. On September 2, 1945, the last day of the war, a USMC Grumman F6F-5 crashed in Death Valley. The aircraft ww2 plane crash sites map kent an engine explosion followed by a fierce fire which to. Me about how he met my mother blazing fuselarge armed with axes in an attempt to there. 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