Hawker Hunter T7 XL575

While we were in the area we went over to the nearby Hawker Hunter crash site at Gelmast , where only small fragments like these remain.

Location: SN 77568 75749

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Hawker Hurricane Mk. I Z5663

Hurricane: Bewdley
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

Scraps from the crash site of this Hurricane in the Wyre Forest.

Location SO 7472 77904

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Hawker Henley Mk. III L3334

Henley: Cwm Silyn
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

The highest bit found, and an idea of the visibility on the day.

Location: SH 51689 50283

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Hawker Henley Mk. III L3334

Henley: Cwm Silyn
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

The lowest and biggest bit we found, maybe 600mm long. This might not be the most illustrative pic we took, but I like the look of it...

Location: SH 51630 50377

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Hawker Hurricane Peartree Derby

100 Peartree 006
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig

After reading this article decided to investigate myself. I reckon the crash occurred somewhere along the left embankment. It is obviously too dangerous to get closer as trains constantly pass by. My father grew up during the war in the neighbouring streets to this park and railway track. He often played around here but has no recollection of this incident or the children involved. In his day there were no trees in the area so the story becomes more plausible

We decided to go for a walk around the area where he recounted his memories of an air raid on Derby. Unfortunately the street where he lived has recently been mostly pulled down and is being 'redeveloped', so I was unable to get any illustrative photo's.

To this day he remembers the exact spot where a bomb landed that blew a neighbours house to smithereens. " Did you hear it?" I asked him. " Not so much heard it as f%$nk felt it" was his uncharacteristic reply? Apparently the blast tore off the neighbours clothing but left him uninjured apart from not being able to hear for a few days and a bit embarrassed. At the time my father was an 11 year boy who endured the raids trembling under the stairs with what he called the augie? He later went on to serve in the RAF himself. I'm relieved not to be showing my kids the 4 mile crater where Derby used to be.

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR7 Crash

It's a bit out of our area, but a Harrier GR7 crashed this week "just past the church" at Ashwell in Rutland. The pilot got out OK and no-one was hurt on the ground.

Location:SK 866 137 or thereabouts..

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6793

Hurricane Crash Site
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig2

Someone has been doing some serious, metal-detector assisted digging in and around the crater left by this Hurricane on Fleet Green. This smallish stuff left by the side of the crater looks like the things they found too uninteresting to take away to us...

Location: SK 04742 61315

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Chew Again

Found this fragment confirming the impact point of the Dakota. Sean not feeling well this week so the cords still safely in his box. Incidently no sign of the Hurricane reported by Pat and someone has stuck up a great post by the Tiger Moth wreckage

Hawker Hunter T. Mk.7 G-BTYL (formerly XL595)

Hawker Hunter Crash Site
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig2

Impact crater and wreckage at the site of the 1993 crash of an ex-RAF Hunter on its way to an airshow.

This one is at SK 20855 94342 on Broomhead Moor.

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Miles Hawk Trainer Mk.III G-AJSF

Miles Hawk Wreck:Kinder Low End
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig

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

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