Tuesday 5 November 2013

Bristol Blenheim Mk.V BA246


Bristol Blenheim Mk.V BA246






















An outing with Mick and Moustache Steve to Bleasdale Fell in the Forest of Bowland Sunday before last yielded a couple of pools of wreckage from a fatal night training accident in 1944. This collection including undercarriage components is slightly lower than the main wreckage.


Tuesday 24 September 2013

Lockheed P38-G Lightnings 42-12905 and 42-12928

A boggy day out last Sunday in Bowland with Pat and Mick - we found the crash sites of both of the Lightnings which collided in mid-air on a ferry flight and crashed on and near Dunsop Fell.

Lockheed P38-G Lightning 42-12905


















Lockheed P38-G Lightning 42-12905
Location:SD 67407 54246
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Lockheed P38-G Lightning 42-12928


















Lockheed P38-G Lightning 42-12928
Location:SD 66797 56393
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Photos c/o Pat Cunningham. We are back at work now, so no more outings for a while...

Saturday 31 August 2013

North American P51 Mustang Mk.I AP208 and Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1651 coded JT-Z

A grand day out with Pat and Mick yesterday yielded a twofer, a Mustang on Holdron Moss, and the Defiant on Hawthornthwaite Fell.

 North American P51 Mustang Mk.I AP208 wreckage on holdron moss, forest of bowland

















North American P51 Mustang Mk.I AP208

Location: SD 60795 50779
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Defiant Mk.I N1651 coded JT-Z on hawthornwaite fell, forest of bowland


















Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1651 coded JT-Z

Location: SD 57499 51584
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The "More info" links are to the relevant sections of Wotherspoon's book, which is now available free on Google books, in the unlikely event that you were thinking of buying it. His coordinates are very good for the Mustang. Less so for the Defiant.....  

Sunday 14 April 2013

Consolidated B-24J Liberator 42-50668 Coded 6X M-

Consolidated B-24J Liberator 42-50668 Coded 6X M-, black hameldon


















A rare day out for me and Mick yesterday took us to the Liberator crash site on Black Hameldon near Hebden Bridge, where these undercarriage components have survived the looters (see the "more info" link for details).

Location: SD 91182 30039

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