Crash Sites Consolidated PBY Catalina. He had survived many missions over Germany and Occupied Europe but apparently was killed while doing some training flights, possibly in the Salop area. Hello, But a friend from the Stirling society is a doubtful they are of a Stirling crash. The Snake Pass can be found in the Peak District, along the A57 main road that runs from Ladybower Reservoir to Glossop. Id love it now, in fact. Sorry I didnt mention this before. Source Material The main source material used for the maps were the St Margaret's ARP Log books, transcribed by our Hon. This link to a geograph page shows the location of the crash site and memorial on an Ordnance Survey map They were returning from an attack on Germany (Cologne?) The B-17 is owned . Sometimes the info is out there and it all opens up and its enjoyable to pirce the story together when it does (and there is more to be found I am sure, not least ironing out the discrepancies). I have certainly found a lot of aluminium pieces scattered all over the field. I know, isnt it strange how one link leads to another! Several agencies pulled a 59-year-old man and a 23-year-old man out of the wreck. Hi Joe, excited to hear you know John Hargreaves daughter. Couldnt see this one listed, which RAF Brize Norton has just had on their FB page 27th Aug 20: https://bit.ly/3jnkhfQ. Hello Richard, Mosquito LR412, propeller hub. Reg # Accident date Aircraft type . Youve provided me with a wealth of information, and Im eager to go through it more thoroughly. Halifax DT581, Hoar Side Moor, Todmorden. This map was created by a user. Looking for information on Sergeant Walter Thompson service number 1066764 died 5th June 1942 buried in Bergen General Cemetery. I believe my great uncle John Ernest Hindmarch was on this flight and I have been trying to find out a little more background info to pass on to the Washington History Society with his RAF Photograph. Bill. I found what looks like a latch handle that has a plastic grommit attached, and the grommit has Wellington Regd moulded into it. Hi Steve, I have looked in the books I own but can find no reference to it. No problem, glad it has answered some questions for you. Great site! Museum may be able to help http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/, pictures of that crash here Crash sites Airspeed AS.10 Oxford. 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. In this short video the pilot refers to it at about one and a half minutes in and we do a fly past. who were killed near this site Michelle. I dont know of that one sorry, but maybe someone else on here might be able to provide some infor for you. He says the crash site presents a large discoloured patch of soil following the fire as the Wellington was still carrying its bombs, apparently? Click the "Satellite" button for an aerial view. I seem to remember that there were about 370 men lost in crashes from RAF Lossie, Does anybody have any details of Halifax DK 192 that crashed at Garrowby Hill on 7th Feb 1944, http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hodson-alfred.html, Hi everyone. Hi Derek, thank you for your enquiry. Sabre F4 XD712. 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. Im Terry Rafter from Australia. 115. In the summer holidays in 1943 a Lancaster came down at night near Hamstreet. Because of the rough terrain and low visibility, it took rescuers a long time to reach the crash site. As one of the aircraft, (An F-61 "Black Widow"), neared Worcester Airport, the pilot, Lt. Col. Vinton E. Broidy, 33, radioed that he was . The name of your brother is familiar to me but I dont think I knew him. Please does anyone have information concerning the aircraft crash in wetheringsett approx 1944. I did a brief enquiry into the Ancestry Website and I see that Lt Reeds body was repatriated to the USA in 1948 and is buried at Benton Harbor Michigan but you may well know that. Reg Ds827 Feb/5/1944 Any info gratefully received. 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. Lt Lowell D. Baker, bombardier, killed The official report states ''This a/c No.3 in a tail chase was seen to commence to pull out from a dive. 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. Ive gone through what lists I have (which are far from being complete), looked through Eyes of the Night by Bamford & Collier (the book provides a lot of detail about RAF Cranage) and have looked up the air crashes listed on my page about RAF Cranage. It looks as though we have come to the end of the road regarding our research although I will continue to check the internet from time to time just in case any further info. Good luck to you all in your searches. The pair collided with another Nomad over southern Lake Muskoka and crashed into the lake's icy depths on December 13th, 1940 while searching for another pilot that had gone missing in a snow storm the day before. Re; B-24 crash Swansea, South Wales area. 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. On the 28/29th April 1943 was a hugh 207 aircraft force on a gardening radish mine laying (Photo . I have to inform you that my Husband, Richard Storr died in April 2020 and therefore can no longer give you any more information for your research. Crash Sites Bell P-39 Airacobra. My mother used to work there in the 1950s and 60s. Info on this can be found here http://aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-10/styled-269/index.html I have since found out that Uncle Bills accident was on 8t h Oct 1941 he was in 15 OTU. 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 used to watch dive bombers practicing on the spur of sand that extended from Tentsmuir. I feel it is just a civil servant playing overly safe. Numerous aircraft parts have been recovered by metal detection and some witnesses have come forward. Yorkshire Air Museum picked up the rear fuselage from here. 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. Pilot was flying on instruments in clouds when the aircraft hit violent prop wash, throwing the aircraft into a dive. Hi Thank you for your email earlier in the year. From past experience I think you will have a problem if you dont have a diffinative date.There is a book on Amazon called fighter command losses but without a date you will need to read every entry. My father told me about how he met my mother. Involved 3 P-47s from the 352nd FG colliding in the overcast. Though you cant see the cemetery in this view you will get an idea of the country your uncle flew over during the war. We only wish to map the site and dig a series of 1mx1mx1m test pits. There were two explosions as the aircraft began to disintegrate in the air and a third as it hit the ground. The plane went down during a World War II bombing run, after it was hit by anti-aircraft fire. (Pre-Crash): 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. It seems likely the survivors were wearing parachutes and were able to get out of the aircraft and open them. Once the process is complete, a link to the document entitled 'Printout' will be displayed. Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, There is also this distressing reference in a book called Intruders over Britain by Simon W Parry (2003); school Now. Would you have anything on this. By. In the Luftwaffe crash sites section of this website is the memorial to what is alleged to be the last Luftwaffe aircraft shot down in England during this raid. crew of 297 Squadron The wreckage was not discovered until June 13, 1957 (Macha and Jordan 2002). My email address is on the contact page of this site, if you want to email me a photo of your find, I can add it here? I could have searched for many more years and not found the wonderful sources you did. Thank you Im eager to keep going. I have walked past it a few years ago so its also close to a public right of way. F/S W.F.Insley 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. Also, would you happen to know the name of the local newspaper there, or a source that may have more documentation of the actual crash? 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. When my grandfather, Rev. I had a hunch that the plane might have come from Podington in Beds, now the site of the race track Santa Pod.I Corresponded with Dearborn about this,but there was no way of getting to the site. Frank Towler and I reached the plane, the guns had been removed. Judging by the empty hop garden and the warm clothing this is either very early in 1940 or much later in the year The land owner who owns the field where it crashed had one of the propeller blades go up his potato harvester, still intact and with paint still on it. Where is the Bleaklow Bomber plane crash site? It had just taken off from Hethel Airfield on a mission to Germany. They were returning from an attack on Germany (Cologne?) -Fred Trendle Point Blank book PDF Links on his website http://www.fredtrendle.de/, Thank you! Hi Beth. on April 3 1945. It was a Canadian pilot Thank you for letting us know. I remember the exceedingly brave firemen breaking into the blazing fuselarge armed with axes in an attempt to save there colleagues. Click the Satellite button for an aerial view. Would you happen to know the name of the landholder where you found the pieces of the plane? 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. 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. Details. Not come across any photos of him yet. I have been trying to find information of an aircraft crash during WW2 some time in Westbury Wiltshire. i remember during the war, a welington , orlancaster , crashing into houses on wold rd hull, the pilot was a corpaeral, aparantly he didnt pass ro be a pilot, and this night , he took the lane up , on his own, my father was a fire man , off duty, but he was the first to turn off the gas in the houses , and get the pilot out unfortunatly he was dead, , when the fire engine arrived, the cheef balled my father out for not waiting, i remember it all so well, i am now 88, i lived at 360 wld rd nearly oposit, the plane was from leckonfield. 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. We would love to finish and tell the whole story. Cees Waardenburg, DFC, and Gunner FO Harry Payne were only men aboard, up from Dunsfold, and both killed. One was Aug 1St 1039, the other in 1944. The onus is now on me to prove that all remains were recovered. Searching for accurate location of Mitchell crash 30 August 1944 near Peper Harrow/Shackleford, not far from Godalming Surrey. Maybe they were Canadian! MineralResourceMap.com. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my initial inquiry. Sgt Joseph T. Paddock, radio operator, killed Kind Regards Hover over a marker for more information. 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? Chichester (Portfield Fuel Depot) Hundreds of bombs fell on Kent during the Doodlebug Summer. Im going to write an email to the MOD as I could be breaking the law by collecting bits. It was a Fairey Battle plane from Cottesmore, Rutland, night flying over Norfolk. what aircraft it was and if the crew survived. Crashed Great Dunmow En route to RAF Witchford. Can you tell me if Lancaster ED548 ph-1-x was recovered after the crash on 07/07/1943 at the Pow burn near Airth, 1/2 mile west of Kincardine Bridge.I live in Kincardine, my father told me as a boy of the crash.During this lockdown I have collated all the crew and their positions.Was it based at Grangemouth,did it fly from there and was an explosion the cause of the crash. I moved from Norwich in 1964 although I have been going back on a regular basis as most of my remaining family and some friends live there. aircraft that crashed into the sea off the north Wales coast during World war 2. Aviation experts in Spitfire hunt. Sgt James C. Hilty, ball turret gunner, survived Im not the William Hughes from Ticknall hes an imposter pinched my ID. Open full screen to view more. Does anyone have any information regarding the collision of two Lancasters, just outside Waltham airfield, on Black Thursday? Has any body got any ideas? I believe it crashed shortly after take off near Barningham, UK. The plaque is by the entrance to Mill Farm at 514347.8N, 13442.1W and reads: In Memory Of http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-110/NJG1-Schnaufer.html. One was called Losses of the US 8th and 9th Airforces Volume 5 April 1944 to June 1944 written by Stan D Bishop.It may be worth checking to see if the crash of Alfred 11 is recorded. Can you gie me any information on the crash of a USAAF P47 Razor back THunderbolt near the Blackbrook Reservoir (Shepshed Leicestershire)Around the end of the second world war) ? thanks in advance P. Jackson. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z9471. Im eager to hear from you again. Required fields are marked *. When I was a schoolboy in the 40s (I,m in my eighties now) and attended Margaretting C E school in Essex. I am trying to get permission for a controlled survey of the site involving service personnel from a local RAF Station with full archeological support from qualified people. I am a relation of a crew member located in Australia. Crew bailed out safely. Its website states that it has established cooperation between the Aircraft Recovery Group 1940-1945 (ARG) and the foundation CRASH '40-'45. Takeoff Date: Crew Status: Crash Date: And but seconds after the whole crew jumped exploded in mid-air. As is often the case, we left it too late to check out what he was saying. A family member recently received a letter from the Cambridge Cemetery. I researched this years ago. Thanks for your visit and comment Mike. AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN THIS AREADURING BATTLE OF BRITAIN : 10 JULY - 31 OCTOBER 1940. 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. What were they doing? have paperwork and two oakclusters but cant decipher without plane or crewnames the missions he flew dads name William f. Ireland . Did you obtain these from any particular source? Richard. This may be the same crash. Does anyone have any info on the crash of Liberator B24 j Shazam at Carrs Wood Costessey Norfolk on 7th March 1945. Hi, My Father was a fitter in bomber command and the Bomber that he was in crashed at the end of 1944 or the beginning of 1945. The pilot tried to recover too fast, causing too much stress on the tail section which broke off at the tail wheel. I read 14 killed and Id like to know if it included my great uncle Mathew Vinkovich. Bruntingthorpe, Bitteswell ( now Magna Park ) and Rearsby were used for new aircraft storage. Photo Aircraft Crew Member [s] (Assignment) In alphabetic order Crew Crashed Actual Type M a p Cemetery. Later I lived in Stonehouse Road and occasionally attended Evensong at St.Margarets. 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. neck.Would you have any information regarding the 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!! 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. My friendss dad was the headmaster Norman Sampson. Watch, learn. Richard Storr. I will try and find all the info and post it later If you wanted to send me an email to jroy1e@me.com &/or WhatsApp me on +44 (0)7753252946 I can then send you what I have. Danish coasts.. total of 22 aircraft were lost thats all i know .. On October 17th 1940 a wellington bomber returning from a raid on the Kiel canal ran out of fuel. However, Lt Peacock is certainly listed elsewhere as having been killed on 21 April 1944, so it is probable the museum has that detail incorrectly recorded but the detail about your uncle is correct. As I can recall the accident( I was 5 years old at the time) I thought it would be appropriate to ensure that the sacrifice made by the 10 aircrew should not be forgotten. 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. 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. It crashed by the river chelmer great dunmow 20/3/1945. A new map that plots every German air raid on the UK during World War Two has been released online. This is more about local history than anything else, as an ancestor of mine , name of Atkins, was Running short of fuel and in poor visibilty, they headed for what seemed to be an airstrip. I was in the ATC at Hooton Park which was our private playground as kids. Roger, [] View USAAF crash sites gallery here [], Your email address will not be published. The five Australians were buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery and the other two were taken to their home towns. Doing a short piece on one of my facebook groups. Hi Hugh, yeah thats lovely. 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. 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. 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. The work of the 'wreckologists' who dig up crashed World War II aircraft. Sgt Morris R. Walker, left waist gunner, survived Regards Levi Wilson. Thanks. de Havilland Tiger Moth T6464, Saddleworth. A further airship station was established at Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone to carry out anti-submarine patrols. The Farmer may challenge the mod to provide proof as he has never been informed of the crash site or possibility of human remains and is at liberty to dig ditches lay water pipes unrestricted and does not want to uncover body parts? Kind regards Although it notes that Sergeant Logan was one of the fatalities, it lists the 3 survivors as including a radio operator called Lloyd Larson and yet makes no mention of Lt Peacock. in service at Halstead Place in the early nineteenth century. It was raining hard that night. Hi Roger During the war a stricken plane was coming in to land at Parham Suffolk and crashed just short of the runway. Any other information would be greatly appreciated. They were all temporarily buried at the temporary cemetery in Cambridge, and 3 from this crew remain here in the permanent cemetery, 4 including SSgt Logan were repatriated back to the United States. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 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. Researchers in Germany are investigating the loss of RAF Lancaster PB209, 156 Pathfinder Squad. Above the target area they all of the sudden heard a big bang right underneath their a/c and pilot Hubbard told them to check the instrument etc., but all seemed to be OK. Ottersum - Limburg. I will check the B24 web site and see what I can find. B17 Buttercup 306th Bomb Group based at Thurleigh crashed Latchford Oxon Nov 13th 1943, no survivors of 10 crew (all names known). Ian. Walton rang my aunt in Orpington, one night to say the plane had come down (hinT: Id be interested!). I am looking for any info on my Uncle, Pilot Officer Arthur Glyndwr Thomas, who died in a plane crash (Lancaster?) . Thanks to former Stanhoe resident Arthur Walker for most of the information on these crash sites. The circumstances of each of those crashes are described in my book, which draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources from both sides.". Hiim looking for the exact location crash site of Stirling Lk116. Im researching its history. aausten@thekmgroup.co.uk. 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. The R.A.F. Roger Bean, Hi Roger. when I visit the Forum. Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, was the last Axis aircraft to crash on British soil during World War II. Thank you Andy, Hi Andy, sorry for late reply, have just returned from holiday. The Manchester went down. I threw some away at first, but now Im bagging it all just in case. Roger. Thanks for adding that Joe. Ian had posted a picture of some of the wreckage from my great uncles plane crash. The crews, including your uncle Arthur, were based at RAF Wickenby and had only been there a few days before losing their lives. Thanks to former Stanhoe resident Arthur Walker for most of the information on these crash sites. Unfortunately Michael Hursts book, whilst being detailed, many of the locations are wrong, he deliberatly did this. Interesting to read that Sandy. Appledram Arlington (Hailsham) Ashdown Forest . I believe(?) At the last minute Marham hearing an intruder was in the area turned off the landing lights. Germany Crash Sites (WWII) Germany Crash Sites (WWII) Sign in. My father was the pilot (William V. Rickards not V.H.Richards) he and his crew survived the war apart from Sgt William Gregor who died in POW camp. According to the . However I am afraid she was unable to add to the info I have about about Shazam nor did she have any suggestions as to where any photos may be obtained in regards the crash of Alfred 11. I have googled for any crashes logged in the area but I cant find anything. ww2 plane crash sites map kent. But anyway it is on the corner of Back Street and St Peters Close in the village. Hi. He lived there all his life literally born and died in the village. The crashed planes were photographed and cataloged and then removed, here are 22 of the best images we could find! Id love to hear from you. Flying to Denmark for first time in April. Ten aircrew died, including my uncle. The pertinent part of the letter is as follows: Please see below the information that we have on the crash which involved SSgt Logan. Sqn. This turned out to be a mistake, because Maidstone found itself in the middle of what the RAF referred to as 'Hellfire Alley': the route followed by the German bombers flying to London. One B17 certainly crashed at Home Farm Hoxne. Cheers, Still searching in hope of finding more accurate location and any possible pictures of crew or plane Wellington DV936, 15 OTU. 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