Looking for aircraft wreck site coordinates in Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and the rest of the Midlands, The Peak District, Yorkshire Moors, Snowdonia, Lake District, Trough of Bowland, Brecon Beacons or Shropshire? Look no further. Reliable GPS coordinates and open discussion from Mat, Pat and Sean.
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
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)
