Sarah! On the 28/29th April 1943 was a hugh 207 aircraft force on a gardening radish mine laying 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. Thank you. The Lost King (12A) (Drama/History) is showing in Stanhoe on Friday 27 January at 7.30 pm. I do have seven pictures of the crash site which were obtained from the website called To Honor Our Fallen. 1. Unfortunately Michael Hursts book, whilst being detailed, many of the locations are wrong, he deliberatly did this. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. . Good luck to you all in your searches. Sorry to be a bit vague on this one, I cant even recall the aircraft serial or unit. When they attempted to land, they realised that the apparent airstrip was a sandbank and crashed. A pair of dog walkers stumbled across the wreckage of a WWII RAF fighter plane - hidden under the sands on the beach where it crashed 76 years ago. Adice greatly appreciated. Thank You. Hi, I was wondering if you had received any more info regarding Lancaster ED548 PH-X. Thats why I knew I had the correct person. He attacked the Lancaster over Hull. A Blackburn Botha Mk1 crashed 1.5 miles North of Hooton Park Cheshire. 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? Richard. Not come across any photos of him yet. 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. RAF Glatton is about 6 miles south of the town of Peterborough. Lt Owen B. Coffman, pilot, killed. However, one local source mentions a possible plane crash so it seems worth following up..thanks in advance for any help or advice- PD. Thank you. Hi Sandy, Click and drag to move the map around. Thank you again so much for responding! 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 circumstances of each of those crashes are described in my book, which draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources from both sides.". Great site! Their identities have not been revealed but Flightaware . Any help would be most greatly appreciated. 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. The plane went down during a World War II bombing run, after it was hit by anti-aircraft fire. Debi Hartley, 51, was on a casual walk with her partner Graham Holden, 54, and their dog Bonnie when they made the "one in a million" discovery. Note that source, the 457th Bomb Group Association, mentions there being 4 survivors not 3. Do you live in this area now? There is now a memorial to Reed in Walcott. Below; photo from the 457 Bomb Group Association showing some of the wreckage. 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? Mosquito LR412, propeller hub. When I was a schoolboy in the 40s (I,m in my eighties now) and attended Margaretting C E school in Essex. Hi Matt, Thank you. Maybe it was a Wellington, or a Whitley bomber. Just read your threds on the Plumpton Wellington L7857 crash site. F/S B.V.Mowan Can anyone tell me which was the airfield in question (Boscombe Down, Ibsley?) 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. Hi Richard, Made contact with Stan Bishop, the only info he has is what I have I would appreciate any information which might help me in my search. Oosterhout - North Brabant. Because of the rough terrain and low visibility, it took rescuers a long time to reach the crash site. Sgt Joseph T. Paddock, radio operator, killed 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. I have some further information that you may, or indeed may not already have. Your uncle is mentioned in the reference to ME323 under the British losses section. 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. Aside from this Hi there. Does anyone have any info on the crash of Liberator B24 j Shazam at Carrs Wood Costessey Norfolk on 7th March 1945. Chris Thomson The crash was at Blewbury Hill Didcot. 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. thanks in advance P. Jackson. 36 then no. Very happy to share what Ive got with you. Running short of fuel and in poor visibilty, they headed for what seemed to be an airstrip. 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. 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. I have investigated the crash files but I am unable to find any information concerning this particular crash. She and Geoffrey went to services at Knockholt Parish Church regularly. would there not have been an official (though not public) inquiry after the event? Open full screen to view more. (RAF) / Avro Lancaster Mk. 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. Required fields are marked *. People who have read it found it quite amusing. E.F/Bonser (296 Squadron), Thanks David, not a site I have visited. The weather was very thundery which brought down several aircraft including 42-31038, also from 306BG, which came down nr. Well done for all of this. Couldnt see this one listed, which RAF Brize Norton has just had on their FB page 27th Aug 20: https://bit.ly/3jnkhfQ. If you have any photos, it would be good to add them here. We have reached out to the engineers family son who has stories to tell of that fated flight which his father relayed to him. Best of luck in your research. geograph for square SP5345. Plane stalled on approach. Frederick Fraser. Sabre F4 XD712. Hi can anyone give me information on Russell Charles Denny ? 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 Hello Richard, C-49j military cargo plane. Ive been asked to find the site where Lancaster ED835 crashed in May 1943 when returning, badly damaged, from a combat mission. I have shown some photos of possibley that aircraft. have paperwork and two oakclusters but cant decipher without plane or crewnames the missions he flew dads name William f. Ireland . Any info gratefully accepted. I was serving as a wren air mechanic at RNAS Donibristlein the summer of 1944 when I witnessed aplane , possibly a Barracuda Forced landing at RAC Club (Woodcote) after repelling attack on RAF Kenley. Photo Aircraft Crew Member [s] (Assignment) In alphabetic order Crew Crashed Actual Type M a p Cemetery. I was an evacuee staying on a farm close to Silian. Princess Risborough. I no longer have any family members who can remember. Hello, Kind Regards Airspeed Oxford NM683, Rushup Edge, Peak District. One of the most prominent aircraft crash sites can be discovered from Wasdale Head. Hi again Roger I forgot precisely where it was but if you know what I mean please let me know. Ian. http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-110/NJG1-Schnaufer.html. Richard. 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). My brother and I visited a plane crash site one evening in 1942. But I cannot find a list of the crew. These mention that Lancster LL701 went down in the North Sea. If I cant, maybe someone else can shed light on it? On Facebook.com/ukthanksgivingfield has some additions. 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. Historic England is working with a number of HERs and volunteer groups to record the accurate locations of crash sites. Expect they will be better placed to help with your query. -Theo Boiten Nachtjagd War Diaries book. in service at Halstead Place in the early nineteenth century. Learn how to create your own. Hi John, sorry for the late reply. The plane that crashed in Bradley International Airport in Connecticut today was a restored WWII-era Boeing B-17, a heavy bomber plane used mostly in Germany and Western Europe. Can I help? Does anyone know about this crash??? Of the latter, nearly 200 crash sites were relocated and identified. 2 Killed Including Russell Charles Denny from Western Australia. No records are available. Hi John, Im afraid I have nothing more than what is in this thread; http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?73936-P-47-Thunderbolt. I used to have to walk to the pharmacy at Halstead to get Granmas prescriptions. I read 14 killed and Id like to know if it included my great uncle Mathew Vinkovich. Im hoping if anyone knows of any details about this. 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). Crash Sites Messerschmitt Bf 110. Several agencies pulled a 59-year-old man and a 23-year-old man out of the wreck. There is a chance Leicester Mercury may have details in their archieves. I daresay you have already done this. If you have the tail number of the aircraft that would be helpful in identifying the wreck details. 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. Once the process is complete, a link to the document entitled 'Printout' will be displayed. This link to a geograph page shows the location of the crash site and memorial on an Ordnance Survey map The work of the 'wreckologists' who dig up crashed World War II aircraft. NOT the B24 that crashed on Freckleton school near what is now Bae Warton. I could have searched for many more years and not found the wonderful sources you did. Im not the William Hughes from Ticknall hes an imposter pinched my ID. 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. The B-17 is owned . The details you have provided dont match anything in The Mighty eighth War Diary book. Click on a location name to go to the location page, or click on the coordinates to go to the map. Im going to write an email to the MOD as I could be breaking the law by collecting bits. Click the Satellite button for an aerial view. 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. 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. Ian. 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. 42 locations with stored, preserved or otherwise out of service airplanes found in Scotland. Crash Sites Avro Lancaster. Advanced Landing Grounds on Romney Marsh and shooting the flying bombs down over the sea. Hi Roger Thanks. Hi Steve, I have looked in the books I own but can find no reference to it. 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. Does anyone have info on the crash of an Albemarle in the fields just below the Westbury White Horse in Wiltshire. 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? It was well maintained being part of the city square. Is there anyone out there who may have more information about this particular incident? The Manchester went down. I had an email yesterday from a contact in the states who will send me a picture of one of Shazams crew members so reducing the ones where I havent got a photo to three. I would appreciate any information you have on John, 44 squadron or Lamsdorf. The weather had been clear and calm and the pilot did not report any mechanical failure. Hoping to help Dutch son of Ceess best friend from those days. Wellington DV810 on Broomhead Moor. What great work being done here. (Donald something) Anyway, I have digressed away from the point of this site but it is interesting to catch up with people associated with the area. There are many WW2 crash sites around the UK, mostly on the East Coast and now part of farmland. (Great Nephew Of Francis Leonard Kennedy MUG LL701), Mid-air collision between two Whitley V medium bombers (Z9471 and LA879) from RAF 10 OTU based out of Abingdon/Stanton Harcourt, roughly 2 miles south-east of Stanton Harcourt, on 17th September 1943. Parts of the plane fell in the vicinity of the field at Glatton. see 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. 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. USAAF B17 42-31581 at Edgworth, Lancashire. Troops guard the wreck of Heinkel He 111P (W.Nr 1582: G1+FR) of 7./KG 55, which was shot down during an attack on Great Western Aerodrome (now Heathrow) and crash-landed at High Salvington near Worthing, 16 August 1940. It was N. of the Halstead- Badgers Mount roundabout road and east of Station Road. https://aircrewremembrancesociety3.com/Aircraft-Losses/USAAF-Losses/U.S.A.A.F.Losses-1943/page-49/ Crashed Great Dunmow En route to RAF Witchford. A NEW digital map has painstakingly recorded all the bombs that fell on Britain during World War II. F/Lt. Footnote 1] Have a brother who lives in Costessey Michael Wright [ I was adopted ] ever come across him ? Hi Roger Bean Ian, Hi I am a relation of a crew member located in Australia. P-47D Thunderbolt 42-22758 crash site on Pendle Hill. 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? His name is flight sergent robert sidney brothwell raf 1238487. Crashsites. There is a link to the wikipedia page about this raid below. One B17 certainly crashed at Home Farm Hoxne. 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. Sgt. Crash Cause: Target / Mission: Crash Area - Location: -. It does sound a little unreasonable given, as you say, the land owner is at liberty to dig on his own land but not apparently disturb what may be there or may not be there. This is bound to be a typo, as Hoxne is over 60 miles from Glatton, which was the bomb groups base. 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. II / # LL701 / Operation Schweinfurt / Ursache unbekannt / Absturz in die Nordsee / Flight Lieutenant James Clement Hornby / 7 vermisst. I am so grateful that Im nearly at a loss for words. I am trying to obtain details of a Beaufort that crashed off the West Coast of Scotland on 25th May 1943. Reg Ds827 Feb/5/1944 I would really like to see newspaper or local archival accounts. 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!! They were returning from an attack on Germany (Cologne?) 115. 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. Hiim looking for the exact location crash site of Stirling Lk116. 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. Sarah. 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 google Robert Double RAF 175954 you will see the info. Lauren Girgis. RAF Crash Sites 1942 - 1945. Hi Hugh, yeah thats lovely. Thanks Ian. 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. . Sorry I cannot help Richard Storr but I am replying as I live in Walcott on North Norfolk coast and as local historian I researched the crash at 1329hrs on Sat 29th April 1944 of a B24 at Walcott the pilot 2nd Lt John Warner REED aged 26 was killed, all of the crew of 9 bailed out and survived. Apparently two Lancasters, ME323 and PB476 of 12 Squadron were on training flights when shot down by Luftwaffe Junkers 88s. He was a SSGT in the 748 USAAF Bomb Squadron. 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.. 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) ? Stanhoes weekly coffee mornings end the year on a high note. 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. I was wondering by any chance does anyone know of any photographs (old or new) of the crash site/remains? Thanks. Do you knowis Park Farm an actual farm, a park, or a village? On the 16th June 1955 whilst flying in a four aircraft formation XD712 broke up in mid air killing the pilot Flying Officer Lawrence Michael Percival Harryman. 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 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. Dad lived in Beldam Haw in the 1930s and 40s, firstly in no. Bill. 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. Yes, thanks David. RAF Glatton with some photos from when 457 BG was based there. 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, 1. Cheshire. They were visiting the factory where the Bombers were made but on takeoff the Bomber just touched the top of some trees and crashed. Granpa and Granma also lived at Edgehill. 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. It even listed his rank and squadron number (748). The pilot tried to recover too fast, causing too much stress on the tail section which broke off at the tail wheel. My grandfather, Anthony Hunter, was on the flight and I would like to visit the site. II / # LL701 / Operation Schweinfurt / Cause unknown / Crash in the North Sea / Flight Lieutenant James Clement Hornby / 7 missing. Ive not been able to find much else out about the incident andvthe family has no pictures of Sgt H M Holmes. For my part I feel most of the wreckage was recovered and what is left are clear up debris pits. 1 of 12. Seeking any official details of wreckage site, location, photos. Very happy to share it with you if you wanted it? Ian, Thanks Ian, I cant find anything about the crash on Google. FS Kraemer mid upper gunner unfortunately L lost his life but his body was recovered from the wreckage and buried 3 days later in Cambridge. Info on this can be found here http://aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-10/styled-269/index.html 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. Sorry I didnt mention this before. Martin here. My mother used to work there in the 1950s and 60s. Takeoff Date: Crew Status: Crash Date: In some small way its comforting to see the area where he must have flown many times. 122 . Do you know where it may be currently? 3 February 2010. Home; Map of crashes; List by state; About; Washington fatal crashes (1183) View all crashes on a map. They had a database that the public could play with (via a simplified screen and keyboard) the last time I went a few years ago, and you could look up every pretty well every known enemy bomb that had dropped and caused damage during the war. Crash site of USAAF P51B Mustang 43-12419 on Rooley Moor. Thanks so much for your email. This may be the same crash. michael_haspey@live.com, My late father Vincent Place was rear gunner lancs I have been told his aircraft crashed on a training flight in Snowdonia only him and the pilot survived 1943/44 I would be great full if you have any info on this as I cant find any info on his war records any where thank you, Hi Mark, have you any more details at all? I have not contacted the museum at Neatshead although I have visited the Hethel air museum where Shazam was based. I went home to UK after 35 years in Australia and noted a grave site at St Pauls Church Hooton. He provides a rough grid reference for the crash site; NY521371. 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. I remember Grosvenor Aslachsen being Rector. Derrick, thank you for your reply. Great that you are helping John Hargreaves daughter with finding info on 44 squadron and Lamsdorf. 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. Crew were, Hailey, Sindrey, Barton and Surtees all RAFVR 218 (Gold Coast) Sdn. If you are interested you will find said photos under the name of Shazams Navigator Lt Richard Angert. Id love it now, in fact. Maybe someone on here can help? Thank you so much. I remember the exceedingly brave firemen breaking into the blazing fuselarge armed with axes in an attempt to save there colleagues. Next up 2 RAF fighters from the same campaign 1940. I am trying to find the Exact location of Blenheim X3338 that crashed on a training exercise 1.5 miles North East of Woodford Northants on 13th January 1945? Best wishes Ive heard that some of the planes are still located where they fell. 26 April 2011. Hi Anthony, The skipper of the boat we used to dive with found it when he was fishing and caught his nets in it. The crash site was close to Lampeter, Mid Wales. The plane was returning from a raid on the Karlsruhe railway marshalling yards. Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, was the last Axis aircraft to crash on British soil during World War II. Hi i am looking for information about a aircraft accident ( service record) at netheravon on the 17/11/1942 . already, no pictures. Hope this answers your immediate questions and provides a basis for further research. The onus is now on me to prove that all remains were recovered. crew of 297 Squadron It had just taken off from Hethel Airfield on a mission to Germany. Has crew list and an account of the crash. In the village of East Stockwith is a memorial to the crew. 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. Use the slider or your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out. Roger. David White. In this short video the pilot refers to it at about one and a half minutes in and we do a fly past. Google search Lancaster ME323 to find more. I have been trying to find information for him but keep drawing a blank. 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. The pilot flying blind bailed out at low level 3 miles out. 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. Sunday, 22nd November 2020 at 1:49 pm. I have very few books detailing losses in that area, particularly US losses, but I knew of a few places to look online! hello looking for information on allied aircraft which crashed in village of Hallot in France at the end of July 1944 my farther died and two others were wounded trying to rescue the crew, they ran into a mine field, Be nice to know if the crew survived and what aircraft it was. Was Flight Sergeant Denny a relative? 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 . I was told by my late grandmother he was killed near the Firth of Forth on a training exercise, unfortunately, I wish I had listened more when I was younger. 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