Whos remains and war commissions grave is at Wymeswold cemetery 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). Maybe someone else reading this might be able to help? Hi Roger Bean We would love to finish and tell the whole story. Have found following info: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/43-38919/, This is a british site and the link has a photo of the aircraft in question. Though you cant see the cemetery in this view you will get an idea of the country your uncle flew over during the war. Im afraid I have nothing on that one Roger, maybe someone else has? Several of crew were killed. Home; Map of crashes; List by state; About; Washington fatal crashes (1183) View all crashes on a map. It also suggests to me that there is no full and formal documentation of the crash, despite the loss of rather valuable aircrew. 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. Regards Ian, hi steve Just come across your query about Robert Leonard Double. Below; photo from the 457 Bomb Group Association showing some of the wreckage. I havent much info, but do you have a copy of Michael J Hursts book on Lake District air crashes? NEW KENT This Thursday marks the 71st anniversary of one of the most tragic, yet mysterious plane crashes in New Kent County history. 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. Advanced Landing Grounds on Romney Marsh and shooting the flying bombs down over the sea. Part of the hangar . The man is holding up part of the tail section. 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! The aircraft crashed in farmland near Park Farm which is about one mile east of the village of Hoxne in Suffolk. Researchers in Germany are investigating the loss of RAF Lancaster PB209, 156 Pathfinder Squad. Crew were, Hailey, Sindrey, Barton and Surtees all RAFVR 218 (Gold Coast) Sdn. Pilot Fl.Lt. 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? A NEW digital map has painstakingly recorded all the bombs that fell on Britain during World War II. My dad cycled from Great Glemham and my mum cycled from Saxmundham and that is how they met. 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. Walton rang my aunt in Orpington, one night to say the plane had come down (hinT: Id be interested!). Note that source, the 457th Bomb Group Association, mentions there being 4 survivors not 3. Sorry, I have not been able to identify this crash, Im afraid. The interactive map shows where every bomb landed, from the first to hit the mainland in the . My father told me about how he met my mother. The crash reports are on Forms 1180 but I doubt they would record the information you require? Would the area newspapers have an account of it? Your father worked in the woods at Randles Lane,and my aunt told me his name. 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! Sad to read of your mums recent passing. 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). Have you ever seen the wreckage or heard stories about this particular crash? One other thing, in doing a basic computer search for the crash site, Park Farm, Hoxne, Suffolk, I was unable to find it. David White. Anyway, I have digressed away from the point of this site but it is interesting to catch up with people associated with the area. Any chance this could have been a Spitfire with a Canadian pilot who crashed near combe, Woodstock? Adice greatly appreciated. Mrs Nelson, wife of the Station Commander at RAF Blyton, was outside when she saw a fire overhead. TWA Flight 260 Crash Site Albuquerque, New Mexico. Learn how to create your own. If you were to post your query in the general forum on RAF Commands website, I am sure someone there will help you. now, My Uncle William Pinfold was involved in an aircrash after taking off from RAF Harwell where he lost a leg. We have reached out to the engineers family son who has stories to tell of that fated flight which his father relayed to him. 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. 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. 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). My brother and I visited a plane crash site one evening in 1942. over the years think of them when i walk that way . Ive heard that some of the planes are still located where they fell. One B17 certainly crashed at Home Farm Hoxne. 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. 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. Crash Sites De Havilland Mosquito. See details: See map: N58437. Thanks so much for your email. 122 . The village of Black Bourton was the scene, 76 years ago when tragically, returning from missions, Albemarle V1782 overshot the runway at RAF Brize Norton, crashing and burning out in a field on Mill Farm, with the loss of life of all five crew. NOT the B24 that crashed on Freckleton school near what is now Bae Warton. You can change the default title of the document by typing a new name (maximum 50 . The site is on the west side of Brown Rigg roughly at Hurst grid ref, a path goes through the site. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. I forgot precisely where it was but if you know what I mean please let me know. Thank you William Baker. Used to work not that far from you at Heathrow. A family member recently received a letter from the Cambridge Cemetery. 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. But if I find anything I will let you know. 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. Seeking any official details of wreckage site, location, photos. The Manchester went down. 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. Crash Sites Avro Lancaster. This accident is documented, but I have not seen it listed in any air crash sites or even in any number of incident lists. Hello, 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. 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. Thanks Beth. I have visited the site, although theres nothing to indicate there has been a crash with nothing on the surface. Coded PH-P, Shot down by an Intruder during a night training flight and crashed 0110 4th Mar between Stockwith and Blyton, two villages 3 miles NW and NE respectively from Gainsborough. 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. I published my husbands time in the RAF ground crew during WW2. 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? Showing images tagged with WW2 Aircraft Crash Site tag. Sgt. Hi can anyone give me information on Russell Charles Denny ? I was in the ATC at Hooton Park which was our private playground as kids. In the village of East Stockwith is a memorial to the crew. Michelle. I would really like to see newspaper or local archival accounts. 5 lives lost + 1 seriously injured. The American Air Museum in Britain has a different listing. Sgt Joseph T. Paddock, radio operator, killed Thanks so much for writing. If you look on Google satellite maps, you can still make out the runways of what was RAF Blyton. Hope this answers your immediate questions and provides a basis for further research. 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. 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. According to the . Regards Richard. There were two explosions as the aircraft began to disintegrate in the air and a third as it hit the ground. Good of you to provide the crew details. 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. Jonathan. I have shown some photos of possibley that aircraft. Any information will be gratefull received. The plane was returning from a raid on the Karlsruhe railway marshalling yards. Info on this can be found here http://aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-10/styled-269/index.html 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. The aircraft crashed ten minutes later in the circuit of Enstone airfield, at Hookerswell Farm on south-east side of Little Tew. 2] Was a police officer in Cambs, Cambridge area, duty at Peterborough Football Club many times I retired in 95. I know, isnt it strange how one link leads to another! Im sorry that I do not have more information to go with this story. Im Terry Rafter from Australia. 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. 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. Hi Beth. My aunt, W.H Pinfolds sister and I have search for years My Uncle Bill continue as a trainer for navigators, although he had an artificial leg, for the duration of the war. I would appreciate any information you have on John, 44 squadron or Lamsdorf. The details you have provided dont match anything in The Mighty eighth War Diary book. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1945O.htm During WW2 my aunt had had a colleague in the Day Nursery in Orpington, called Walton, whose father had the corn merchant business in Halstead. His godson still lives in Curry Wood Gerald Brooks another well known and long-established Halstead family. I take it you know of this page? 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 Two small ceremonies at the two sites where ten of the Brits were killed. I have been trying to find information of an aircraft crash during WW2 some time in Westbury Wiltshire. I thought perhaps this crash occurred in an area that is far more populated now, and therefore, it may have been moved? I no longer have any family members who can remember. 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. Im going to write an email to the MOD as I could be breaking the law by collecting bits. My dad has been talking about the crash that occurred at Curry Wood as he lived in Halstead and remembers it occurring. The circumstances of each of those crashes are described in my book, which draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources from both sides.". The aircraft was a B-17G Flying Fortress serial number 42-97236. They are eye-witness accounts of two crashes I witnessed. If I cant, maybe someone else can shed light on it? 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. I think he crashed in chorley . A small plane that took off from Auburn crashed Saturday into a storage facility in Kent . Sqn. My grandfather, Anthony Hunter, was on the flight and I would like to visit the site. Sorry report isnt that clear but cant identify it from your site info, http://www.mapperleyhistory.com/History_Pages/Wellington-Dedication-A5.html. I have since found out that Uncle Bills accident was on 8t h Oct 1941 he was in 15 OTU. The wreckage was not discovered until June 13, 1957 (Macha and Jordan 2002). (Photo . Ian. Yes, thanks David. Does anyone have any information about an Anson or possibly oxford I have been trying to find information for him but keep drawing a blank. crew of 297 Squadron When I contacted the American Battle Monuments Commission I was told of some books that had been written about American aircraft losses during the war. When they attempted to land, they realised that the apparent airstrip was a sandbank and crashed. This is all the info I have and as you can see Im not as sure on some of it. Derek Scaless decorations raise money for charity. I believe it was an Oxford I. 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. Hoping to help Dutch son of Ceess best friend from those days. since dad was assigned to different crews when their gunner was unable to fly cant really find imformation. They were returning from an attack on Germany (Cologne?) Do take a look at the comments section, there is quite a lot of info people have added about air crashes in the area (link below). 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. Wondered if anyone has any info on a crash that occurred on 27/08/1944 one mile n/w of Stowmarket in which my wifes father was killed. 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. Her 98th birthday is today June 6, and her funeral is tomorrow. There was no mention by them of a fatality. Also, I spoke with John Vardys daughter this afternoon, so it looks like 3 families are now joined up. This was to get new aircraft away from the factory before they were delivered to their squadrons. He had survived many missions over Germany and Occupied Europe but apparently was killed while doing some training flights, possibly in the Salop area. [1] [2] The crash killed 14 of 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was on duty . I doubt your Spitfire was involved in enemy action in my own opinion it could have been an ATA crash. Im trying to put together a memorial frame for him. Also B24 at cow roast nr Tring Herts 1944. The B-17 is owned . 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. 4. Photo Aircraft Crew Member [s] (Assignment) In alphabetic order Crew Crashed Actual Type M a p Cemetery. http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-110/NJG1-Schnaufer.html. Crew bailed out safely. There was an anti aircraft gun in the same field as well. It seems that my intuition led me to write the correct person after all. Ive now taken pictures of my own, how do I upload to the site? Richard. Richard. Lancaster NE132 near Harlech. I was wondering by any chance does anyone know of any photographs (old or new) of the crash site/remains? Im eager to keep going. on 13 Aug 44 near Wasserliesch, SW of Trier. I am so grateful that Im nearly at a loss for words. Please does anyone have information concerning the aircraft crash in wetheringsett approx 1944. Sgt Leroy L. Logan, engineer / upper turret gunner, killed 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.. Details. 2nd Lt Edward T. Dunne Co-Pilot This was in snowdonia, wales. Three photos of the memorial for the Albemarle V1782 which overshot the runway at RAF Brize Norton, courtesy of David Harrison. The church has had a few incumbents since Ashlachsen, we were married in 1991 by Malcolm Bury but he has sadly died. 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