Vickers Armstrong Wellington Mk. 10 LP397

Had a day out with Pat C on Wednesday to a few sites I'd not been to previously (as well as the Fauld Crater).

These are a couple of bits from the Church Mayfield Wellington crash site.

Location: SK15449 44950

More info: Crash date 13th June 1944- an experienced pilot for once, brought down by a thunderstorm

Vickers Varsity T1 WJ897 / G-BDFT

Though the unfortunate 'plane dated back to 1952, this crash took place in 1984, with a crew drawn from the enthusiast group which had just restored the aircraft.

This memorial was erected in 2009, replacing the less-formal one which was at the site prior to that.

A collection of the burned aluminium debris which still litters the crash site (in Marchington, Staffordshire) is shown beside the plaque.

We have received a communication from a relative of one of those who were aboard with concerns that the coordinates below will encourage diggers and metal detectorists to disturb the plantings they have made at the site.

As Pat Cunningham already published the site coordinates in 2005, we will leave them up, but we very much hope that the conscience of anyone reading would prevent them disturbing this recent crash site using these coordinates.

Location: SK 15103 30064

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Republic P-47C Thunderbolt 41-6259

Since Pat last visited this crash site in Sudbury Coppice (near Ashbourne in Derbyshire) other visitors have apparently piled scraps of aircraft wreckage on the tree stump directly beside the crash crater.

Location:SK 15617 35518

More info: Crash date-19th January 1944-the pilot was ferrying the aircraft from Halesworth in Suffolk to Maghaberry in Northern Ireland, and lost control of the aircraft when attempting to climb through low cloud.

Ringinglow Gyroscope: The other side

I went to see the man who has the Ringinglow gyroscope now a bit back, and noted that this side didn't match the pics we were sent of the torpedo gyro. The chassis certainly looks the same, but it seems to have been modified...

North American F-86 Sabre F.Mk 4s XD707 + XD730

The cockpit from one of the Kinder Sabres is in someone's house, along with a great deal of stuff from other crash sites, and assorted ordnance....

De Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk.30 NT266

The much looted crash site of NT266 on Pockley Moor, Yorkshire still had these undercarriage parts as of last week. Look on ebay for the rest.

Location: SE 62039 92492

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Avro Lancaster Mk X KB701

I was lucky to find even this one of the few remaining scattered bits of wreckage at the Helmsley Moor crash site of this Lancaster Bomber.

Location: SE 58808 92116

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Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman 43-35439 or Defiant Mk.I T3921?

A rubbish photo of what appears to be a .45 calibre ACP round headstamped "A T 42" found at the disputed crash site.

This US standard sidearm ammunition leads us to conclude that this does indeed seem to be the crash site of a US 'plane, rather than a British one, and it cannot be the 1941 Defiant crash site, as the "42" is a year marking.

Norseman it is then.

Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman 43-35439 or Defiant Mk.I T3921?

Pat sent me this picture of a component marked with a distinctive merged AP logo from the disputed Shining Tor crash site-click through on pic. above to zoom in.

Where have I seen that logo before?