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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We found this bit of aircraft aluminium on our walk to the Halifax, more or less halfway between the reported crash sites of the Halifax and a Wellington.
Location: SE 10236 67759
A pit containing large pieces of aluminium skinning from Halifax DG404 on Brown Hill Plain (some give it as Heathfield Moor or even Ashfold Side Beck) on the moors above Pateley Bridge
Location: SE 09570 67520
One of the two groups of good-sized wreckage at this Halifax crash site
Location: SE 09592 67502
And for you serial number fans, here's a detail from a bit of wreckage carrying an embossed serial number with the "57" prefix indicative of a Halifax.
We went up to Yorkshire yesterday in search of some bigger bits of aircraft wreckage. There are at least seven 'planes downed on Great Whernside, above Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales, so we gave that a go. Nice village. Big hill, on such a warm day.
This bit was found on the far side of the Mosquito wreck site from the Halifax crash location. Serial numbers and inspection stamps we found on the part however suggest that it is from the Halifax. The wreckage fields for Mosquito and Halifax are therefore overlapping. They did crash very close to each other. Details of the Halifax and Mosquito in the following posts.
Location:SE 00070 73490
This wreckage pile is not featured on other sites. It is quite a way from the memorial and its associated smaller wreckage pool. We'd probably have found those without help, as they are right on the path, and the memorial stands out, but this one is more or less down to Richard Allenby's assistance.
Location:SE 093 467
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This wreckage pile is right by the memorial shown in the post below.
Location:SE 092 468
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This memorial to the Halifax crashed on Ilkley Moor was found with some assistance from Richard Allenby. We have therefore agreed to restrict the level of precision of our published coordinates.
Location:SE 092 468
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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
A wet and windy one today, so only got one wreck, this Hampden crash site near Holme. I'm holding a big chunk of iron, with some smaller bits of aluminium balanced on top, discovered by metal detection in the explosion crater.
Yes, I know it could be a dog turd from this small photo but ask yourself, would I be cupping a dog turd in my hands?
Location:SE 09965 05743
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The congealed molten remains of Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3154 contain a heat-detonated .303 cartridge if you look carefully. The high-res photo on Flickr will show the detail better. Just click on the photo above.
Location:SK 10411 82997
We failed to find the small fragments which are all that is left of the Miles Hawk Trainer Mk.III G-AJSF which was supposed to be quite close to this site. Next time!
We heard quite a gruesome story about this wreck from someone who was there at the time.
