ww2 plane crash sites map kent

It crashed in the area that is Woodstock Unfortunately Michael Hursts book, whilst being detailed, many of the locations are wrong, he deliberatly did this. Comes to light. Anyway, I have digressed away from the point of this site but it is interesting to catch up with people associated with the area. It looks very different nowadays. However, in other cases, a local historian may hear of a crash, "that happened sometime during World War II ", and is trying to learn . The man is holding up part of the tail section. remember avro anson crashing from walney airfield in field next to where i live avon street killing all crew .i believe two brothers were with them .1942 ? which crashed into a field killing the pilot and a wren radio mechanic who were on a t3st flight. Did you obtain these from any particular source? Crash sites Airspeed AS.10 Oxford. Hi Paul, ww2 plane crash sites map kent. This is bound to be a typo, as Hoxne is over 60 miles from Glatton, which was the bomb groups base. I went home to UK after 35 years in Australia and noted a grave site at St Pauls Church Hooton. Hi Roger Bean The name of your brother is familiar to me but I dont think I knew him. A further airship station was established at Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone to carry out anti-submarine patrols. C-49j military cargo plane. No problem, glad it has answered some questions for you. 04 Aug 2013: Cessna 182P: Stanwood, WA. (Photo . Thats why I knew I had the correct person. Bruntingthorpe, Bitteswell ( now Magna Park ) and Rearsby were used for new aircraft storage. They might assist you in finding more information. Thanks. This is more about local history than anything else, as an ancestor of mine , name of Atkins, was Do you have any details of this crash?. Hope this helps and fills in some of the gaps! Have you contacted the Neatishead Museum in Norfolk? The database has information on over 300,000 sites around the world. The wreath marks the location where a Wellington bomber aircraft crashed. regards Bill, Hi again Steve Done a bit more checking and the only place I can find with info is peakdistrictaircrashes and the reference to Robert takes some finding but it is there. Staff Sergeant Leo L. Henry Nose Gunner. In 2006 a license was granted but was never seen through to fruition. Schnaufer survived the War, took over the family wine business & was killed in a collision with a Citroen truck carrying gas bottles in the Bordeaux region near the tiny hamlet of Jauge. Map of wartime aircraft crash sites. Does anyone know about this crash??? Thanks for your replyI obtained all my pics and info from web site B24.net a very good site. It was well maintained being part of the city square. AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN THIS AREADURING BATTLE OF BRITAIN : 10 JULY - 31 OCTOBER 1940. There was an anti aircraft gun in the same field as well. From the research I have conducted thus far the ac although fatally wounded and trying to recover to Marham instead of Bourne the pilot gave the order to the rest of the crew to bail out was going it alone. I have been searching for an aircraft crash that occurred in 1943-4 in Holmes Chapel (Church Hulme, Cheshire. USAAF B-17 42-31322 'Mi Amigo', Endcliffe Park, Sheffield. Other areas of the UK. Ammunition was flying everywhere. I have certainly found a lot of aluminium pieces scattered all over the field. The wreckage remains as a memorial. Thank you so very much for finding all that. And but seconds after the whole crew jumped exploded in mid-air. My father grew up in Hoxne, Suffolk and I still live in the area. The land owner who owns the field where it crashed had one of the propeller blades go up his potato harvester, still intact and with paint still on it. When they attempted to land, they realised that the apparent airstrip was a sandbank and crashed. Lt Joseph J. Peacock, navigator, killed Heavy parts of the plane were said to be deeply embedded in the ground and were not recovered. Ian. Ive gone through what lists I have (which are far from being complete), looked through Eyes of the Night by Bamford & Collier (the book provides a lot of detail about RAF Cranage) and have looked up the air crashes listed on my page about RAF Cranage. If ever this way look us up. As the plane reached about 900 feet, it slammed into the side of Cape Lookout, traveling about 200 miles per hour. Cheers, Still searching in hope of finding more accurate location and any possible pictures of crew or plane Wellington DV936, 15 OTU. Other times such the as the request about the P-47 above searches all end up pointing to the same very limited resource. Unfortunately I dont have a copy of Michael Hursts book however I learned of the crash site reading a review of a new book Cumbria At War 1939-45 written by Ruth Mansergh and published by Pen and Sword. Im not the William Hughes from Ticknall hes an imposter pinched my ID. Do you knowis Park Farm an actual farm, a park, or a village? Wasnt Halstead Place owned/built by Barnaby Atkins? It was called Operation Gisela, lots of aircraft were shot down that night, with some of the last Luftwaffe Junkers 88s crossing the North Sea to wait for RAF bombers returning to base from their attacks on German targets. I will be grateful for the smallest item of information which might help. I have googled for any crashes logged in the area but I cant find anything. Hello, one site after another has led me here. Click and drag to move the map around. My stepmother lived in Stud Farm opposite St Margarets and, apart from a couple of long standing families in Church Road, dont remember much beyond that. Kind Regards What a coincidence that you remember him. Hi there I grew up 1/4 of a mile away from the crash site in Hoxne and still shoot on the land regularly if I can be of any help there are plenty of local storys about the crash! He had survived many missions over Germany and Occupied Europe but apparently was killed while doing some training flights, possibly in the Salop area. 3 February 2010. Any information will be gratefull received. that particulair night. Do you know where it may be currently? Hi Mick this would be William Hughes from Ticknall? If you look on Google satellite maps, you can still make out the runways of what was RAF Blyton. Would the area newspapers have an account of it? Sgt. Sorry to hear your uncles did not survive, I was looking to see if you had any details relating to a crash on Wrotham Hill, Kent 21st December 1944? There is a link to the wikipedia page about this raid below. The weather had been clear and calm and the pilot did not report any mechanical failure. Details. operation and because of low cloud base forced the aircraft to fly very low over the German and Ive now taken pictures of my own, how do I upload to the site? Other than that, all I can suggest is the usual approaches which you may have already made or considered; a trawl though the mircrofilm archived local newpapers of the time at the local library is time consuming but can turn up all sorts of stuff. Any help would be most greatly appreciated. My father told me about how he met my mother. Id love it now, in fact. My aunt, W.H Pinfolds sister and I have search for years My Uncle Bill continue as a trainer for navigators, although he had an artificial leg, for the duration of the war. Dad lived in Beldam Haw in the 1930s and 40s, firstly in no. Thats recently been made into the memorial mentioned above. Id love to hear from you. This question has been asked on-line before (not at this site) but I have not seen a response or answer. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Although it notes that Sergeant Logan was one of the fatalities, it lists the 3 survivors as including a radio operator called Lloyd Larson and yet makes no mention of Lt Peacock. I believe my great uncle John Ernest Hindmarch was on this flight and I have been trying to find out a little more background info to pass on to the Washington History Society with his RAF Photograph. Hi i would like to know a little more.about the 2 B17 that collided over Braintree Essex UK 1945 10 march, Looking for information and photos of the crash(es) that took place Mar. Coded PH-P, Shot down by an Intruder during a night training flight and crashed 0110 4th Mar between Stockwith and Blyton, two villages 3 miles NW and NE respectively from Gainsborough. I havent much info, but do you have a copy of Michael J Hursts book on Lake District air crashes? I will check the B24 web site and see what I can find. Bill. I have traced the family of Russell Denny and sad to say he was one of two that were lost out of a crew of 4. Im researching its history. Aircrew members who died were: F/O Thomas James Michael Nash (Pilot), P/O James Cunningham Porteous, W/O Peter Alfred Merrall and Flt/Sgt. I believe(?) I could have searched for many more years and not found the wonderful sources you did. Hi I am trying to find the location and the type of plane in which W/O Robert L. Double DFM., aged just 22, was killed on May 18th 1944. Thank you . On the 16th June 1955 whilst flying in a four aircraft formation XD712 broke up in mid air killing the pilot Flying Officer Lawrence Michael Percival Harryman. Nature-based crafts enthuse Stanhoe WI members. He says the crash site presents a large discoloured patch of soil following the fire as the Wellington was still carrying its bombs, apparently? The Winsford & Middlewich Guardian, for example. I've put it on a map, similar to PlaneCrashMap here, and have used what I've learned on this site to make it more easy to use and quicker, despite the larger data source used. Ian, Thanks Ian, I cant find anything about the crash on Google. Seeking any official details of wreckage site, location, photos. Here, a party from 49 MU drags sections of a crashed aircraft across a Kent hop field. FS Kraemer mid upper gunner unfortunately L lost his life but his body was recovered from the wreckage and buried 3 days later in Cambridge. I dont know of that one sorry, but maybe someone else on here might be able to provide some infor for you. Ive done a bit of checking and it seems he was a navigator with RAFVR and fell out of a Whitely at 1400ft in the peak district of Derbyshire while attached to 81 OTU at Ashbourne. Part of the hangar . if so I would like to know your source as I do not have a pic of my site despite many enqs,thanks. Open full screen to view more. http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/390th-bomb-group/interesting-information-and-facts/. In fact my grandad had a wood yard at the bottom of the hill and dad had another yard behind Lamberhurst House at the top of the hill.
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