This memorial to Halifax RT922's base slabs registered as full of aluminium by metal detector, unlike the apparent crash site crater location a short distance away. We speculate that all of the metal from the aircraft previously made into a temporary memorial at the church has been incorporated into the structure.
Memorial location:SK 06340 55293
Crater location:SK 06273 55316
We had some help from itinerant metal detectorists at the crash site of this Wellington, who had found a 0.303 bullet in the adjoining field. I'm not entirely sure however that their bits (the ones with some structure) are from a 'plane. I'm pretty sure that the shapeless lump of aluminium top and centre is though...
Location:SK 06766 55060
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Scraps of the wreck adorn this home-made memorial at the Thornecliffe wreck site of a Thunderbolt. We found the bit bottom right of the photo on the way to the site.
Memorial location:SK 02102 57764
Found scrap location:SK 02089 57873
Lots of bits found at the site of this Spitfire crash at the foot of the Roaches, including what appears to be a panel clock. Click on the pic for an annotated version.
Talking to the farmer, someone was there at the site a month ago, who said they had previously published material on the wrecks. He didn't think it was Pat Cunningham, and he knew it wasn't Alan Clark, because he didn't bring his mum with him like last time. Whoever it was found a spade, apparently.
In preparation for visiting the site, we investigated the whereabouts of the Merlin 12 engine (not a Merlin 3 as stated in Pat Cunningham's book) removed from the site in 1978. It is in Lincolnshire, here. Its owners were still livid at the assertion in "Peakland Air Crashes" that they had left it to rot, and have sent me a pic of the state of restoration of the engine, which you can see a few posts above this one.
Location: SK 00294 61650
A big scar on the moor, but no really big chunks of wreckage at this wreck site centred around SK 00155 63607 on the Roaches.
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