Historic England is working with a number of HERs and volunteer groups to record the accurate locations of crash sites. No problem, glad it has answered some questions for you. There is a chance Leicester Mercury may have details in their archieves. E.F/Bonser (296 Squadron), Thanks David, not a site I have visited. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z9471. My father told me about how he met my mother. Stanhoes weekly coffee mornings end the year on a high note. neck.Would you have any information regarding the crash. This was in snowdonia, wales. 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! Expect they will be better placed to help with your query. The pilot tried to recover too fast, causing too much stress on the tail section which broke off at the tail wheel. And but seconds after the whole crew jumped exploded in mid-air. Have you contacted the Neatishead Museum in Norfolk? Richard. For my part I feel most of the wreckage was recovered and what is left are clear up debris pits. I know that it crashed close to a Canadian Army vehicle park which I have since found. I was wondering by any chance does anyone know of any photographs (old or new) of the crash site/remains? 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. regional map; local map around dove stone reservoir; landowners' map; map showing position of the dove stone - 1840; map footpaths at dove stone before and after 1990; map of aircraft crash sites; map of climbing areas; map of permitted cycling routes; recreation & access. They might assist you in finding more information. However, one local source mentions a possible plane crash so it seems worth following up..thanks in advance for any help or advice- PD. It appears to be quite new as it is not on Google street views. Involved 3 P-47s from the 352nd FG colliding in the overcast. Once the process is complete, a link to the document entitled 'Printout' will be displayed. Thanks. Hi David, I will take a look when get chance (busy this weekend) but will get back to you in a couple of days, see if I can find anything that might jog your memory! This is the first time I have visited this site. Myself and a colleague have been metal detecting at Park Farm Hoxne for 15 years, in the early days we unearthed numerous fragments from the crashed aircraft, also included were many complete,bent and broken rounds of admonition. 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? Hello Richard, He was someone I saw when I was staying in Knockholt. My grandfather, Anthony Hunter, was on the flight and I would like to visit the site. This was all in a 10 day trip to Denmark in 2018 which my wife and I greatly enjoyed. The American Air Museum in Britain has a different listing. Search within these images: Poppy wreaths marking a WW2 bomber crash site by Philip Jeffrey. Whos remains and war commissions grave is at Wymeswold cemetery The B-17 is owned . Any news appreciated. 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. Youve provided me with a wealth of information, and Im eager to go through it more thoroughly. I remember one of the older girls next door (the coal mans daughter) holding my hand and taking me over there to see the crash site. In all, 8,025 V1s were launched against the UK and, of those, 4,261 were intercepted and shot down. 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. Kent, WA. Richard Storr, Thanks Richard for your time and efforts..please keep me informed. I also wonder if there is any coronial information you might be able to access from the local authority? The five Australians were buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery and the other two were taken to their home towns. Aside from this Expand. 115. Does anyone know anything about a 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group (Heavy)B-24H-25-FO Liberator Gypsy Queen Serial# 42-95024 possibly crashed on the afternoon of 5 November 1944 at Shipmeadow, Suffolk (between Beccles and Bungay. One other thing, in doing a basic computer search for the crash site, Park Farm, Hoxne, Suffolk, I was unable to find it. B17 Buttercup 306th Bomb Group based at Thurleigh crashed Latchford Oxon Nov 13th 1943, no survivors of 10 crew (all names known). These sort of discrepancies are not that uncommon. 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. Still unearthing bits of plane from around crash site but would like to know exact crash site if possible and any photos. Unfortunately, my father passed away two years ago so Im unable to check whether this was the crash to which he was referring. I couldnt find anything on your website. The plane was returning from a raid on the Karlsruhe railway marshalling yards. Sgt Joseph T. Paddock, radio operator, killed Next up 2 RAF fighters from the same campaign 1940. Can anyone help? Or maybe as a general enquiry, ask someone here at the Coroners Society. 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. 4. The aircraft was a B-17G Flying Fortress serial number 42-97236. Museum may be able to help http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/, pictures of that crash here Your uncle is mentioned in the reference to ME323 under the British losses section. Sorry to be a bit vague on this one, I cant even recall the aircraft serial or unit. By 03 Nov, 2020 Uncategorized. 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. Click the "Satellite" button for an aerial view. 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. With every best wish and kindest regards, Joe. One was Aug 1St 1039, the other in 1944. Hope you can help. If ever I get down that part of the country I shall try to pin down the exact spot and add a photo of it. 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. All 8 occupants killed. Halifax DT581, Hoar Side Moor, Todmorden. Sgt. This interactive image was created with ThingLink. I have been trying to find information for him but keep drawing a blank. Very nostalgic for me as I visited the farm where the crew sheltered the first night night and Ulich and Helga Jensen gave them food at great risk to themselves. It crashed by the river chelmer great dunmow 20/3/1945. On Facebook.com/ukthanksgivingfield has some additions. My family history research had hit a brickwall but within the last few days (April 2016), a stroke of luck and a report in national newspapers of 24.03.1939 identified a RAF plane crash just before WW2 on 23.03.1939. Im looking for any info in regards to Lancaster LL701 that went down on February 24/25 1944 on a Schweinfurt night raid. Flights MZ633 and N1687 collided mid air during unauthorised flying formation. The crash site being about 7 miles out to sea from Prestatyn. If you google Robert Double RAF 175954 you will see the info. 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, Thank you for responding to my enquires. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 3 of the crew were killed in the crash: that particulair night. The crews, including your uncle Arthur, were based at RAF Wickenby and had only been there a few days before losing their lives. Hurst says that a machine gun was found at the site in 1973. Runway is approx 1km south east of that point. 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 extra survivor is listed as your uncle, so we can safely conclude that is incorrect and also that your uncle Roy died in the crash so the date you have is of both the crash and his death. 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. Im trying to locate the site of a B17 crash in West Norfolk. F/S W.F.Insley Thanks, Dad lived in Beldam Haw in the 1930s and 40s, firstly in no. I was living in Orpington and in the winter of 1943 / 4 was taken to see a crashed B17 but not near Curry Wood. Looking for the exact location of RAF 78 SQN Halifax BIII MZ311 which crashed on Cleeve Hill in a quarry 4 miles NE of Cheltenham, Gloucester in the early hours of 26 August 1944 after a mining sortie off the French Coast. The result was that the Albemarles port wing stalled and she dived vertically into the ground. 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. 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. Click on this link to open the PDF so that you can print or save it. Hiya, I.. looking for any further information/pictures if possible of Wellington DV936. Thank you again. According to the . Danish coasts.. total of 22 aircraft were lost thats all i know .. Hi Roger Thank you again so much for responding! Does anyone have any info on the crash of Liberator B24 j Shazam at Carrs Wood Costessey Norfolk on 7th March 1945. Do you know what they did with them? Doing a short piece on one of my facebook groups. I believe the plane was a Dakota with a crew of 5 who sadly all perished. It seems that my intuition led me to write the correct person after all. ? The Dunbeath air crash involved the loss of a Short S.25 Sunderland Mk. I was an evacuee staying on a farm close to Silian. 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 On October 17th 1940 a wellington bomber returning from a raid on the Kiel canal ran out of fuel. The farmer told me he believed a Spitfire had crashed on the site. ww2 plane crash sites map kent. Running short of fuel and in poor visibilty, they headed for what seemed to be an airstrip. 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. Yorkshire Air Museum picked up the rear fuselage from here. 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. Derrick, thank you for your reply. 1 of 12. The Manchester went down. Thanks to former Stanhoe resident Arthur Walker for most of the information on these crash sites. Crew were, Hailey, Sindrey, Barton and Surtees all RAFVR 218 (Gold Coast) Sdn. Believe there may be a memorial there now. I am 85 years old and I have a vivid memory of a spitfires or huracane crashing at Heanor Derbyshire in a farmyard .I cant find anything locally can you help? 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. Plane crash map Locate crash sites, wreckage and more. His godson still lives in Curry Wood Gerald Brooks another well known and long-established Halstead family. Crashed April 21 1943 near Elmley Lovett, Worcestershire. Could you please get in contact? They were both fencing/wood contractors. Hello, one site after another has led me here. See details: See map: N58437. Aviation Archeological Research and Investigation On this page search by pressing (as you can on any page or document) Ctrl + F and in the search bar type 42-97236; it will take you to the entry for this aircraft. It was pointing north. The R.A.F. Kind regards You might find a couple of pieces I have put on YouTube/Lossie History of interest. It crashed in the area that is Woodstock Will also have a think about where else you might be able to find the information you need. Richard. He says the crash site presents a large discoloured patch of soil following the fire as the Wellington was still carrying its bombs, apparently? Best regards The crashed planes were photographed and cataloged and then removed, here are 22 of the best images we could find! Mrs Nelson, wife of the Station Commander at RAF Blyton, was outside when she saw a fire overhead. She married a Packman from Knockholt. 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. On September 2, 1945, the last day of the war, a USMC Grumman F6F-5 crashed in Death Valley. I am in the front seat by the way. I think it was called Hudds Hill? Frederick Fraser. View all planes linked to locations in Scotland The downing of Lancaster ME323 is also mentioned in Nachtjagd War Diaries Vol 2 An Operational History of the German Night Fighter Force in the West, April 1944 May 1945 by Dr. Theo Boiten and Roderick J MacKenzie (2008) in which they identify the possible credit for the shooting down of ME323 to Lt. Gnther Wulf. Hi can anyone give me information on Russell Charles Denny ? I used to have to walk to the pharmacy at Halstead to get Granmas prescriptions. Unfortunately Michael Hursts book, whilst being detailed, many of the locations are wrong, he deliberatly did this. Used to work not that far from you at Heathrow. Flt Sgt Denny was the only son in the family with 3 sisters still surviving out of 4. I have been trying to find information of an aircraft crash during WW2 some time in Westbury Wiltshire. When you click the 'Print' button below, a PDF version of the current map will be produced. Maybe it was a Wellington, or a Whitley bomber. I remember walking home when an American plane in trouble and just at tree hight.Crashed by the A12 near where Ivy Hill hotel is now situated. 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. 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). [1] [2] The crash killed 14 of 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was on duty . Is this site known to you and do you have any further information? It was being used as a hen house. The Benzett ALG airstrip was established in 1943 and first used by Spitfire IX's of No.122 Squadron followed by squadrons to combat flying . 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