Showing posts with label Sykes Moor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sykes Moor. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 July 2020

Bristol Blenheim Mk. 1 L1476 Revisited

Sykes Moor Crash Site Memorial
























I went out with Ian DB last Wednesday for a cluster of sites I've been to many times before. Wellington, Botha, Defiant, Blenheim. It's a nice walk over the tops, and an easy walk back on the Transpennine. 

Noticed a couple of things I hadn't before, including this "new" plaque on the Blenheim memorial. (New to me, its apparently been there since 2018). I've never seen it before, or indeed the scatter of wreckage a little way away with a sign saying "main wreckage this way" which Ian had been frustrated by on a previous visit, as it appeared to have been turned in an unhelpful direction.

Tuesday, 5 June 2007

Bristol Blenheim Mk.I L1476,De Havilland L-20A Beaver 52-6145

Another successful outing last Friday, we found the Blenheim and Beaver wrecks above the Torside reservoir.

The Beaver was above Devil's Elbow at:
















Location: SK 05533 97588

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The Blenheim was on Sykes Moor at:
SK 08303 97004










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Once again High Peak Bob's coordinates were the closest.