Weather was a bit marginal, but we went ahead with Friday's visit to Snowdonia. Visibility down to 25m, horizontal rain, and 3 degrees C on top, just the way we like it for a late summer walk!
We found the easy sites, but the more challenging (some say impossible) sites eluded us.
We think we probably found the rock that Anson N5371 hit, which features in many books and websites. We aren't however so short of pics this week that we need a picture of a rock. We like to show genuine physical evidence. We are wreckhunters, not rockhunters.
We'll be back for the others after a bit more research.
Showing posts with label llwellyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label llwellyn. Show all posts
Saturday, 12 July 2008
English Electric Canberra B.Mk.2 WK129
Canberra
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter
Informal memorial (you may have to zoom in to read the writing scratched into the panel) at this Avro built Canberra crash site by the highest lake in Wales, Ffynnon Llyffant above Cwm Eigiau towards the summit of Carnedd Llwellyn.
We have been informed since our visit that the description given in the scratched text contains errors, but we do not propose to go back and correct a memorial's typos.
Location: SH 68839 64580
Saturday, 26 April 2008
Douglas Boston Mk.III Z2186
havoc
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig2
Close to a location given in in this list for a bit of the Boston wreck (compiled we are told by the muppets who attempted to clear Snowdonia of plane wreckage) we found these fragments of aircraft wreckage. We think that they are therefore most likely from the Boston.
The only planes which crashed on this mountain which we can definitely rule out however are the Cessna and the Lincoln, as one of the bits here is a fired (not heat discharged) 0.303 cartridge. Lincolns have 0.50 calibre guns, and the Cessna was unarmed.
The photo is not clear on this, but the riveted component to the right of the cartridge was painted olive drab.
Location: SH 66552 63760
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Avro Lincoln RF511
last wheel
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig2
This is the lowest recognisable bit of the Avro Lincoln which crashed on the slopes of Llewellyn in Snowdonia on 15th March 1950, There is plenty more as you ascend the bed of Nant Fach, as the photos to follow show. The engines mentioned in this list are however not in evidence.
In the Peak District, a site with this much large wreckage would be quite well known. We can however find no real mention of the wreck anywhere on the 'net. Welsh wreckhunting seems not as popular as elsewhere. The site does however feature in "Hell on High Ground".
Location: SH 67598 63908
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Avro Lincoln RF511
plaque
Originally uploaded by seansonofbig2
This plaque more or less exactly marks the topmost extent of the wreckage trail.
Location: SH 67992 63776
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