Above Llyn Dulyn, there are supposed to be five Ansons, a Wellington, Oxford and Whitley. We visited on Friday, and didn't find a single Anson.
We think we got evidence for everything else though, including the C-47 propellor seen in the foreground of this shot of the Lake.
Detail from one of the wreckage pools at the crash site of this Wellington on Foel Grach above Llyn Dulyn.
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Geodetic from the above crash site confirming this to be a Wellington.
Location:SH 69221 66507
Scraps of aluminium found as we ascended Foel Fras, above Llyn Dulyn. Though we knew there was more in the area, we were on a bit of a whistle-stop tour...
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The identification numbers showing this to be the Whitley wreck site
Looking across to the original location of the C-47 wreck referred to in the next post from the coordinates given in High Ground Wrecks for an Oxford crash site, where we found this aircraft component.
The HGW coordinates and location do not agree, as noted in comments on this post, so we will investigate further.
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Propellor from the C-47 wreck which used to hang on the gully wall above Llyn Dulyn in Snowdonia, but from which not much has been seen for quite some time.
We were well pleased to find this, our first bit of the day...
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We went to Aran Fawddwy in Southern Snowdonia yesterday, mainly to see the Merlin Engine and assorted wreckage from a Mosquito, but also to investigate the Thunderbolt and Beaufighter wrecks we had heard were on the same mountain. We understand now that there is a fourth 'plane on Aran Fawddwy, A P-51D Mustang (44-726844), but we have no idea of its location.
Visibility was very poor on top, and the closest we came to finding the Beaufighter or Thunderbolt wrecks was this possible crude memorial at the Thunderbolt 41-6246 location given in High Ground Wrecks.
We found quite a bit of the Mosquito though...
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We found quite a collection of wreckage at this location, far more than we have seen a a Mosquito site before. The lack of wreckage at a typical Mosquito crash site may have something to do the the Mosquito's predominantly wooden construction.
Location: SH 85660 21485
More info: nothing on the 'net
A second collection of wreckage quite a way from the first contained this item, which shows the wooden nature of the Mosquito's construction unusually well.
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Stamps found on this item from the first wreckage pile on the mountain show this to be a port wing component from a Mosquito. Not sure what the stamps to left and right of the part identification are though.
This Merlin Engine was cast in concrete to form a memorial to the crew of the Mosquito lost on Aran Fawddwy. It is an awfully long way (2.6 miles as the crow flies, and 600m of descent) from the wreck site on the mountain. Who knows how the farmer got it down.
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We went up to Yorkshire yesterday in search of some bigger bits of aircraft wreckage. There are at least seven 'planes downed on Great Whernside, above Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales, so we gave that a go. Nice village. Big hill, on such a warm day.
This bit was found on the far side of the Mosquito wreck site from the Halifax crash location. Serial numbers and inspection stamps we found on the part however suggest that it is from the Halifax. The wreckage fields for Mosquito and Halifax are therefore overlapping. They did crash very close to each other. Details of the Halifax and Mosquito in the following posts.
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A Mosquito undercarriage with various recognisable and and molten bits on Great Whernside on the North Yorkshire Moors.
A chunky home-made cross has been acquired since Richard Allenby's visit, but it seems that its accompanying plaque has been destroyed.
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Proved the site of the crash of this Wellington next to the A515 near Newhaven. 30 yards behind the bodged wall shown in the pic of our first attempt, the ground is apparently full of metal scraps like these.
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One of a couple of unexciting scraps found at the site of the 1943 crash of this Blenheim near Matlock.
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This is the most recognisable of the scraps at this Welllington crash site. It is from a Type B Electro-Magnetic Fuzing Unit Ref.No. 5D/606. It's part of the Universal Bomb Carrier. At least, that's what we were told here.
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This item identified as a bomb release and cover by posters on the Aero Part Identify Board as being from the Smerrill Wellington would have been our best find of the day, if it were indeed part of the 'plane.
Location: Quite a distance from the impact site...
