Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V BD420

 

A few scraps missed by the amateur "aviation archaeologists" of the WAR group when they dug up the crash site of this Armstrong Whitworth Whitley which was towing a glider on 15th February 1944 when it came to grief on Mytton Dingle on the Stiperstones, killing all five of the crew.

The investigation suggested that the pilot was rather overconfident, and was flying unwisely low over high and broken ground. Whether it was a bird strike or a downdraft which was the final cause of the incident was not determined.

Location: SJ 37230 00507

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Shropshire Air Crash Sites And Memorials

Had an outing with Mat ZX over the weekend to Shropshire to look at a few sites. A lovely day for it. We walked up the hill to the Stiperstones, and then went to a local church with memorials to two crashes nearby. Details in posts to follow....

Peak District Crash Site Locations

This is still the only site with GPS verified, precise and accurate grid references for all of the peak district crash sites where any wreckage remains. We also have many in Wales, Yorkshire, and Bowland.

We are still active, and are in the process of updating the site, which has been rather inactive for a few years due to work commitments.

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V BD230

 

Another outing last week took me and Ian DB to the memorial to Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V BD230 in Muggington, known as "the Lonely Memorial" due to its out of the way location.

Location: SK 29516 43973

More Info: Derbyshire War Memorials

North American Harvard Mk.IIB FT442

 

I have had a few outings recently with Mat ZX and Ian DB. The Harvard site on Shining Tor continues to evolve. Now it has two crosses, and a scatter of new, larger bits of debris. Holes and small piles of similar debris locally suggest that these were discarded by metal detectorists. When I first went here were just minutiae in a small peat scar. 

Location: SJ 99748 73741.

UK Crash Site Coordinates

We are still in business, and still the best site for UK air crash site coordinates, grid references and locations

Vickers Wellington Mk.I L4230

 

An outing to Great Rhos with Matt ZX yesterday yielded two crash sites, of which this was the less impressive. 

There are only scattered scraps to be found at the crash site, though larger fragments of skinning have been found scattered across the moor downwind of the site.

Location: SO 18497 63139

Further Info:https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/186510 or "Final Descent" by Terence R Hill

Miles Martinet Mk.I HN888

 

Second crash site of the day yesterday had this engine, a rarity in Wales nowadays with all of the looting. The location given below is for the engine. There's an impact site further up the hill with a scatter of bits and bobs as well.

Location: SO17569 64613

More Info: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/248513 or "Final Descent" by Terence R Hill, if you can find a copy (it also has a nice picture of a very youthful Matt Rimmer, scourge of the magpies)

Avro Anson Mk.XI NL185 Update

Went out in the snow with Matt ZX a little while back to show him a few sites on Kinder Scout he hadn't been to. The engine from Avro Anson Mk. XI NL185 appears to be missing. When I went out with Pat and MT Skull a while back, we didn't find it, but I had thought that was because we were a little rushed. Me and Matt however had a good hard look, and there is no sign of it. Someone went to some trouble here. But why?

Carnedd Daffydd Air Crash Sites: Mystery Bit

I had a stroll up Carnedd Daffydd last weekend, to have a look for the missing Cessna engine block amongst other things. 

No luck with the Cessna, but came across this bit a long way from any sites I have been to before. Despite the report from a dog walker that he had seen the engine block at a new site, I'm wondering if that Cessna engine block is decorating some magpie's garage. We had a good look all round where it used to be, and on the obvious lines someone might have rolled /dragged it down. 

Anyway, the bit pictured looks like a bit of armour plate shaped to fit the back of a seat, (head end down in the pic) with some skinning attached. Nothing else around it, and I haven't seen it reported elsewhere. 

Location: SH 66939 62844