Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-6005 coded XK-D or 44-8639?

Fortress: Craig Cwm-Llwyd
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

This unusual stainless steel plaque is reportedly affixed to the wall at the point where an engine rolling down the hill from the crash of a Flying Fortress demolished it.

A number of enthusiast's books gave this site as that of Fortress 44-6005, but we understand that most people now think this is where 44-8639 crashed. (Or is it the other way round?)

The plaque seems to keep out of the controversy over the plane's identity by not giving the aircraft a number.

Location:SH 64343 12395

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-6005 coded XK-D or 44-8639?

Fortress: Craig Cwm-Llwyd
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

A home-made memorial and scatter of formerly molten aluminium at the crash site. It seems this plea might have come too late, there's nothing there now longer than around 150mm.

We think the memorial was made by Matt Rimmer, a local champion of wreck site preservation, who was responsible for clearing up the mystery of which aircraft crashed here, in the opinion of Edward Doylerush amongst others.

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