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A Plane Crash in Maidstone. I live approximately a mile from where the Lancaster your uncle was flying crashed. Hope you can help. 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? WW2 fighter pilots used their airborne skills to tip V1 Flying Bombs out of the sky to bring them down. I have been told Walter was air crew (possibly Wellington) shot down over Holland. 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. Nature-based crafts enthuse Stanhoe WI members. 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. This has taken nearly 18 months and was a challenge to say the least compared to the other German crash in the Parish. 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! 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. 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. A small plane that took off from Auburn crashed Saturday into a storage facility in Kent . I was born on Stocking Farm and there were always rumours of this around. I currently have your uncles flying log book and other bits in my collection. The Snake Pass can be found in the Peak District, along the A57 main road that runs from Ladybower Reservoir to Glossop. View all planes linked to locations in Scotland Thank you for letting us know. This accident is documented, but I have not seen it listed in any air crash sites or even in any number of incident lists. Thanks to former Stanhoe resident Arthur Walker for most of the information on these crash sites. Further information required please. -Fred Trendle Point Blank book PDF Links on his website http://www.fredtrendle.de/, Thank you! Regards Richard. Footnote 1] Have a brother who lives in Costessey Michael Wright [ I was adopted ] ever come across him ? I could have searched for many more years and not found the wonderful sources you did. Several agencies pulled a 59-year-old man and a 23-year-old man out of the wreck. Originally marked as lost with out a trace, new information was found according to German night fighter logs. geograph for square SP5345. The exact date of this crash is unknown. Hi, I was wondering if you had received any more info regarding Lancaster ED548 PH-X. A family member recently received a letter from the Cambridge Cemetery. Hi Geoff, have you seen this? I was told that the aircraft were Barracudas. 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). Ian had posted a picture of some of the wreckage from my great uncles plane crash. 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. 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! 1939-40 1941 1942 1943 1944-5 A composite 1939-45 map. Sgt Morris R. Walker, left waist gunner, survived Had the glider still been attached the sudden dive/spin of the tug would have broken the Waco in half. Maybe someone else reading this might be able to help? USAAF B17 42-31581 at Edgworth, Lancashire. As far as I know (although Im no expert by any means) the nearest fighter operational bases near us were Kings Cliffe, Wittering and Ingham..Saying that it is possible some bomber bases had fighter squadrons as well. Adice greatly appreciated. Im afraid I have nothing on that one Roger, maybe someone else has? A He-111 on the borders of Sweden with Norway Sweden . I am a relation of a crew member located in Australia. Home; Map of crashes; List by state; About; Washington fatal crashes (1183) View all crashes on a map. This is bound to be a typo, as Hoxne is over 60 miles from Glatton, which was the bomb groups base. what aircraft it was and if the crew survived. I would really like to see newspaper or local archival accounts. Sorry, I dont have any books which cover that part of the world,Paul, but someone viewing this page might. My aunt was active in Knockholt WI. Im trying to put together a memorial frame for him. Sarah! 2] Was a police officer in Cambs, Cambridge area, duty at Peterborough Football Club many times I retired in 95. When you have time, look at http://www.thanksgivingfield.org and open up the Uplifting Guide and Mission 115Z PDFs. Airspeed Oxford NM683, Rushup Edge, Peak District. The aircraft was a B-17G Flying Fortress serial number 42-97236. Ian. Have you contacted the Neatishead Museum in Norfolk? II / # LL701 / Operation Schweinfurt / Cause unknown / Crash in the North Sea / Flight Lieutenant James Clement Hornby / 7 missing. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z9471. Just came across your website.Park Farm, Hoxne. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1945O.htm school Now. Thanks to former Stanhoe resident Arthur Walker for most of the information on these crash sites. 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 . There are many WW2 crash sites around the UK, mostly on the East Coast and now part of farmland. Richard. Do you have any details of this crash?. I am going to the American Cemetery at Madingley this coming weekend and I hope they may be able to suggest where they might be obtained. The plane was returning from a raid on the Karlsruhe railway marshalling yards. Use the slider or your mouse scroll wheelto zoom in and out. 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. Have been to 306th Museum but no details held. P-38 Lightning 42-67207. I worked at Glemham House (not Hall) for Lord and Lady Cranbroke and if I recall correctly there is a propellor blade embedded in the ground at the site where a plane crashed as a memorial ( On private land just inside the perimeter wall beside New Road) approx grid reference TM 34193 61657. 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. Google search Lancaster ME323 to find more. Subscribe for more: http://goo.gl/JJSE4ZWelcome to FootageArchive! The info I have is that Uncle Roy died April 21, 1944. Link here to Aviation Safety Network has an overview plus links to other websites it references, Hello , An allied aircraft crashed in front of my father, Cpl R.A.Jacksons platoon in the village of Hollot Normandy France on 1st or 2nd August 1944. Hi Sandy, What great work being done here. I saw a picture of the headstone of his grave on findagrave.com. We have reached out to the engineers family son who has stories to tell of that fated flight which his father relayed to him. 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. He was a TEC 5 and died in a plane crash, Killed On Duty but Not In Battle, in England on that date. Hello Richard, 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. Sgt James C. Hilty, ball turret gunner, survived any help appreciated. Thank you for responding to my enquires. I recently gained permission to search some farm land between Whetstone & Littlethorpe. I was in the ATC at Hooton Park which was our private playground as kids. ww2 plane crash sites map kent. Hi Ian, thank you for the prompt reply. I am looking into a crash that occurred during WW2 that happened near Kirkham village. Any further information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. August 21, 2016 at 11:03 pm. 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. It seems that my intuition led me to write the correct person after all. On at least one occasion one did not pull up and there was a big splash. Click the Satellite button for an aerial view. Crash Sites Messerschmitt Bf 110. F/Lt. Yes, thanks David. I went home to UK after 35 years in Australia and noted a grave site at St Pauls Church Hooton. Still unearthing bits of plane from around crash site but would like to know exact crash site if possible and any photos. Ian. Ian, Ian I have contacted the LA and have a copy of FE Kraemers death certificate as a starting point but further investigation concluded that there was not a coroners report. The farmer told me he believed a Spitfire had crashed on the site. This was to get new aircraft away from the factory before they were delivered to their squadrons. Any info gratefully accepted. You should be able to purchase a full accident report from this site. 5 lives lost + 1 seriously injured. How do I obtain crash site reports from the date August 1943 which may or may not show the extent of what or was not recovered. Sgt Donald L. Moore, right waist gunner, killed 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. Stanhoes weekly coffee mornings end the year on a high note. 26 April 2011. However, in other cases, a local historian may hear of a crash, "that happened sometime during World War II ", and is trying to learn . Thanks so much for your email. Hover over a marker for more information. 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. But if I find anything I will let you know. Gday all If ever this way look us up. It had just taken off from Hethel Airfield on a mission to Germany. Maybe it was a Wellington, or a Whitley bomber. Unfortunately, my father passed away two years ago so Im unable to check whether this was the crash to which he was referring. I feel inspired now to visit the crash site and add it to these pages. Colgates is very different to what I remember a farming residence but is now much upgraded. That is fantastic info!! Heavy parts of the plane were said to be deeply embedded in the ground and were not recovered. Im going to write an email to the MOD as I could be breaking the law by collecting bits. I have since found out that Uncle Bills accident was on 8t h Oct 1941 he was in 15 OTU. I used to have to walk to the pharmacy at Halstead to get Granmas prescriptions. The weather had been clear and calm and the pilot did not report any mechanical failure. Believe there may be a memorial there now. Where is the Bleaklow Bomber plane crash site? Searching for accurate location of Mitchell crash 30 August 1944 near Peper Harrow/Shackleford, not far from Godalming Surrey. I am looking for any info on my Uncle, Pilot Officer Arthur Glyndwr Thomas, who died in a plane crash (Lancaster?) Hi Joe, Hi Paul, And but seconds after the whole crew jumped exploded in mid-air. The Albemarle/Waco combi took off from Keevil. Flt Sgt Denny was the only son in the family with 3 sisters still surviving out of 4. I used to watch dive bombers practicing on the spur of sand that extended from Tentsmuir. It was N. of the Halstead- Badgers Mount roundabout road and east of Station Road. I remember Mr Rushen, who coppiced the wood by Randles Lane. 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 man is holding up part of the tail section. 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? I have met family members and still search for information. 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. if so I would like to know your source as I do not have a pic of my site despite many enqs,thanks. Hoxne and Park Farm on Ordnance Survey mapping. Apparently two Lancasters, ME323 and PB476 of 12 Squadron were on training flights when shot down by Luftwaffe Junkers 88s. Im sure you notice the changes in that area. In Kent, over 600 terrestrial . NEW KENT This Thursday marks the 71st anniversary of one of the most tragic, yet mysterious plane crashes in New Kent County history. My Father William George Baker. SAMANTHA HEALY. 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. 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. The Adobe does sound like a discription from what has been handed down but I have an open mind C-49j military cargo plane. Chichester (Portfield Fuel Depot) Im looking for any info in regards to Lancaster LL701 that went down on February 24/25 1944 on a Schweinfurt night raid. Hi Richard, Thanks for your efforts much appreciated, I was a police officer in the Cambridge area which covered Madingly [ retired 1995 ] and I spent many duties on Madingly Day, and used to call in at various times,very impressive place. The parents of the crew had a wooden church built on the crash site. 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) In this short video the pilot refers to it at about one and a half minutes in and we do a fly past. I found what looks like a latch handle that has a plastic grommit attached, and the grommit has Wellington Regd moulded into it. 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. This may be the same crash. Any further background on it? 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. A NEW digital map has painstakingly recorded all the bombs that fell on Britain during World War II. Accident-Report.com Do the same as above. That is a fascinating story Paul. 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. Running short of fuel and in poor visibilty, they headed for what seemed to be an airstrip. All 8 occupants killed. Lauren Girgis. Hoping to help Dutch son of Ceess best friend from those days. Do you know if there was more than one plane that went down there? I have been trying to find information for him but keep drawing a blank. Great memories of playing in the Spitfire at Hooton. Lt Lowell D. Baker, bombardier, killed Can anyone help me? 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. 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. I am trying to obtain details of a Beaufort that crashed off the West Coast of Scotland on 25th May 1943. The crews, including your uncle Arthur, were based at RAF Wickenby and had only been there a few days before losing their lives. I couldnt find anything on your website. MineralResourceMap.com. Not sure I can provide an answer, maybe someone else on here might be able to? 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. Connors killed, aircraft written off. Finally pinned down KG76 Dornier Do17 F1+AT (15 Sep 1940) crash location and snaps taken. . 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? Jun 11, 2014 at 5:00 am. Mary Packman,s daughter was my Grandma,Janet Towler who studied at Homerton College,Cambridge, and died in 1966 in a house in Stonehouse Road, Halstead. 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. The grid reference is SJ764674, just North of the A535 and East of the A50. Hurst says that a machine gun was found at the site in 1973. If you google Robert Double RAF 175954 you will see the info. Hi Barry, many thanks for getting in touch .. delighted to make your acquaintance. They were visiting the factory where the Bombers were made but on takeoff the Bomber just touched the top of some trees and crashed. The notes with each map have been prepared by Alan and Clive The six maps are dated as follows. Roger Bean, Hi Roger. Any information you may have I would be pleased to receive. Lancaster NE132 near Harlech. Will have a look at what I have and let you know if I find anything James. I am sure every USAAF crash site was photographed. Wellington X3348 on Edale Moor. I was wondering by any chance does anyone know of any photographs (old or new) of the crash site/remains? Sorry report isnt that clear but cant identify it from your site info, http://www.mapperleyhistory.com/History_Pages/Wellington-Dedication-A5.html. Their airborne skills to tip V1 flying Bombs out ww2 plane crash sites map kent the headstone of grave! 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