1. The new crater (illustrated) is very similar in appearance to the one on Black Edge, known to be a V1 site.
4. We have seen no other V1 sites which are a flat black scar on the peat like the supposed V1 site on Howden Moor. All other sites are sharp-sided craters like the new candidate.
5. We have evidence from Tomsk that scraps found at the supposed V1 crater come instead from a Luftmine B parachute mine. Here's a Luftmine B:
Note the distinctive cross section of the fins, and their five rivets. Here's a bit recovered from the old site with that cross section and five rivets:
6. Tomsk also identifies parts found at the new site as belonging to a V1. Here's the bolt which holds the warhead on on a museum piece:
Here's something which looks very similar recovered from the site:
Here's the guillotine mechanism which cuts the cables to send the V1 into a dive:
So our initial scepticism has been greatly tempered. The new location seems far more likely to be correct than the commonly held one. The sixth comment on this post also contains seemingly confirmatory information from the Imperial War Museum including these pics. Thanks Dave.
It'll be interesting if others modify their opinions and websites to suit. More interesting still will be who they credit-Mick tells me that Alan Clark for one is simply following us around the sites we have visited in Wales nowadays without crediting us, judging by the updates to his site.
New Location: SK 18224 97083
On the B-team outing today with Welsh Barry we found this little bit of aluminium skinning at the site, despite Alan Clark having apparently taken anything sizeable for his private collection (see the two pics right at the bottom of the page here).
If you are reading, Alan, did you make those wonky little felt-tip scale bars? ROFL! That's the best thing we've seen since your mate's home made "Air Crash Investigator" jumpsuit!
Location: SK 27282 36384
Further to some recent correspondence, we decided to search up from Crowden Brook towards what is believed by some to be the terminal site of this still unlocated Blenheim Bomber crash.
Like all others we are aware of, we failed to find any trace of the 'plane on the mountain.
On the other hand, we did get to be overtaken by little old ladies (amongst many others) on what seemed to be the most well-trafficked route up Kinder we have yet been on.
Location:TBC
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This memorial and the Canadian maple planted in the wooden frame behind it were placed to mark the crash site of this RCAF Wellington in the ford in the river nearby.
The crash site itself threw up a practice bomb a few years back (not a live one as reported elsewhere on the 'net), which was blown up by the army with an unsatisfying explosion, according to witness reports.
Location:SK 16003 83421
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The Botha wreckage was just where we left it in May last year, and looked just the same too. Our co-ords are also good.
Location:SK 11077 97532
The remains of this Defiant on Bleaklow appear all to still be intact, despite our publishing the coordinates of the site almost a year ago on here.
The dire warnings that publishing coordinates will result in sites being looted we have been receiving from wreckologists appear groundless.
But of course we knew that. It is the aircraft nuts who are taking bits, and they know where the sites are. What would walkers want a bit of old scrap metal for?
This Oxford crash site above Starkholmes near Matlock yielded these few bits fairly readily. These were surface wreckage, contrary to Pat Cunningham's experience at the site. The circular bit at the back looked like the turntable of an old record player, but the rest is definitely plane wreckage.
Location:SK 30187 58638
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Site proving wreckage from the Shackleton wreck near Foolow. Left where we found it.
Location:SK 19324 76649
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This memorial is at SK 41952 40412, in St Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley, near Derby. The debris field was however widespread, and therefore less well defined.
Quarry Farm could be a number of local places..
This Oxford on Rushup edge was the first of today's finds.
Location is SK 10948 83838
The congealed molten remains of Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3154 contain a heat-detonated .303 cartridge if you look carefully. The high-res photo on Flickr will show the detail better. Just click on the photo above.
Location:SK 10411 82997
We took a few goes to find this one-last of four today.
Location: SK 11093 86013
The world's smallest wreckage pile! These scraps of doped canvas are all that is now left of the Miles Hawk Trainer which crashed into Kinder Low End.
Location: SK 07368 86688
Just one wreck site today, this Boulton Paul Defiant on Rowlee pasture. Missed this once before, but with coords from both Bob and Ralph, and the path worn to the site by previous visitors, an easy find today. I make the coordinates as SK 15287 90504.
Went though Alport castles on the way down, quite a scramble in today's wind and weather.
This Harvard wreckage was at SK 08898 86832, very close to the Anson
A successful outing to Kinder yesterday, this Anson wreckage at SK 08904 86699 was one of four wreck sites located.
