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
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Sunday, 30 March 2008
Friday, 17 August 2007
De Havilland Tiger Moth T6464
Scraps of Tiger Moth above Chew Brook
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig
Not much left, and well hidden in the margin of a bog puddle (not a watercourse as some others' photos might suggest). Some sources give this as T6164, not 6464.
Location SE 03351 01588.
De Havilland Chipmunk WB579
Chipmunk Wreck above Chew
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig
Not the most spectacular wreck site, as it was mostly cleared, but we missed it before, so we tacked it on.
The heather was flowering all over the moors on the day.
Location:SK 02737 99875
Consolidated Liberator PB4Y-1 63934 USN
Liberator Wreck above Chew
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig
The first photo of this undercarriage since 2000, when a gamekeeper asked crash site enthusiasts to bury all the big bits of what had been a major wreck site. This undercarriage is at SE 00872 01595.
There are scraps all around, and a number of collections of bigger scraps within the wreckage field, which extends for maybe 100m or so around the given location.
We put up a small cairn next to the location given to make it easy to find.
Douglas Dakota G-AHCY BEA
DC3 Wreck above Chew
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig
The elusive DC3 wreck finally located at SE 01493 02680. Contrary to pretty much all published photos elsewhere, the strut isn't standing up, which makes it much harder to find than you would imagine.
This photo, and all photos on the blog from now on are available at the flickr site at full camera resolution.
More info on the Dakota is here
Friday, 10 August 2007
Armstrong Vickers Wellington W5719
46 Kinder Five 006
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig
This RAF Wellington wreckage is at SK 11062 87549
Saturday, 4 August 2007
Westland Lysander Mk.IIIA V9403
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