Showing posts with label gouthwaite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gouthwaite. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Armstrong Vickers Wellington Mk.IC Z8808

Armstrong Vickers Wellington Mk.IC Z8808: Digger
Gouthwaite Moor: Wellington Z8808
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

Another day out above Pateley Bridge, but no electric blue skies this time. Snow, sleet, wind and rough underfoot, it was hard going.

Our main objective, the extensive Wellington wreckage on Gouthwaite Moor proved elusive once again, though you could have hidden much under the showdrifts.

We did however find this digger. We are resisting the urge to comment further about diggers.

We offer as a consolation details of a couple of local sites which have not yet been found by anyone.

Handley Page Halifax LL576

Handley Page Halifax LL576: Gouthwaite farm
Gouthwaite Farm: Halifax LL576
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

Up over the hill, past that farm somewhere lie the remains of a Canadian crewed Halifax bomber. No-one has yet found the wreck site.

Location: SE 130 686

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BAC Jet Provost T.3a XN598

BAC Jet Provost T.3a XN598; Crash location: Gouthwaite Reservoir
Gouthwaite Reservoir: Jet Provost T.3a XN598
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

A jet trainer aircraft crashed into Gouthwaite reservoir in the area shown in this photograph in June 1978 killing its instructor pilot.

Location: SE 131 694

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