Not come across any photos of him yet. All crew were killed. 3 of the crew were killed in the crash: II / # LL701 / Operation Schweinfurt / Ursache unbekannt / Absturz in die Nordsee / Flight Lieutenant James Clement Hornby / 7 vermisst. MineralResourceMap.com. Doing a short piece on one of my facebook groups. 4. P/O A.G.Thomas KIA, F/S T.McCaffray KIA, F/S E.L.Horstmann RAAF KIA, F/S W.N.Pridmore RAAF KIA, F/S G.E.Davis RAAF KIA, F/S A.Cryer RAAF KIA, F/S A.H.Weston RAAF KIA.. I have been searching for an aircraft crash that occurred in 1943-4 in Holmes Chapel (Church Hulme, Cheshire. Mrs Nelson, wife of the Station Commander at RAF Blyton, was outside when she saw a fire overhead. I was wondering by any chance does anyone know of any photographs (old or new) of the crash site/remains? Crashed April 21 1943 near Elmley Lovett, Worcestershire. and occupied by sheep. I remember Mr Rushen, who coppiced the wood by Randles Lane. She married a Packman from Knockholt. This interactive image was created with ThingLink. Photo from this page; Does anyone have any info on the crash of Liberator B24 j Shazam at Carrs Wood Costessey Norfolk on 7th March 1945. I have shown some photos of possibley that aircraft. Do you have any details of this crash?. Thanks Ian. I published my husbands time in the RAF ground crew during WW2. Posted on 16 December 2021 - 7:39 pm by . Hi Barry, many thanks for making contact. A Plane Crash in Maidstone. Click the "Satellite" button for an aerial view. Frank Towler and I reached the plane, the guns had been removed. Sorry to be a bit vague on this one, I cant even recall the aircraft serial or unit. I used to watch dive bombers practicing on the spur of sand that extended from Tentsmuir. I would most especially love to know the names of the three survivors, though they may be gone now. That is fantastic info!! The Manchester went down. Stanhoe residents are invited to a heart-stopper social evening. Does anyone know of the crash site of my uncle. One air crew survived. Kind regards Very sorry to hear of your loss, Hazel. Thanks for your comments Richard I have checked out that web site Honor the Fallen no trace of Lt Reed, so Ive messaged them asking why as he was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.Saw your Shazam site, any particular reason you are researching the Costessy crash? They recently published an article about a Lancaster that crashed at Scraptoft. Can anyone tell me which was the airfield in question (Boscombe Down, Ibsley?) Looking at the ground rising beyond and the line of trees in the middle ground, the crash site may well be in the big field to the right of the farm, with this photo looking east. Search within these images: Poppy wreaths marking a WW2 bomber crash site by Philip Jeffrey. Id love to hear from you. The other plane they crashed into also plunged into the lake; however . I am researching Shazam on behalf of the Costessey Memories Group which is attached to the Costessey general library. Cycle Route Wings of Freedom: Crash Site Spitfire LF Mk. Hi Geoff, have you seen this? Hundreds of bombs fell on Kent during the Doodlebug Summer. Stay in touch. I am following up a story of a B-24 that crashed near Swansea during the war with the loss of all hands. Thanks for adding that Joe. These sort of discrepancies are not that uncommon. Regarding photos of crash sites there ought to be a central source but I understand that the official pictures of the Shazam crash have been lost and this may have happened to many others. Thank you for your email earlier in the year. There is also a map but not much use in identifiying exact locations Apparently the aircraft disintegrated so the debris will have been spread out over a wide area but I suspect the majority of the debris landed in one compact place. Dad used to talk frequently about the Packmans but I cannot recall why, Im assuming some of your family also lived in Halstead? I believe the plane was a Dakota with a crew of 5 who sadly all perished. Hi Roger Would you like a free copy. The watches on the bodies of those aboard had all stopped at 10:10 a.m. Any news appreciated. The aircraft crashed in farmland near Park Farm which is about one mile east of the village of Hoxne in Suffolk. Re; B-24 crash Swansea, South Wales area. Lt Stewart Barnes, co-pilot, killed This is the first time I have visited this site. Princess Risborough. I believe(?) Home; Map of crashes; List by state; About; Washington fatal crashes (1183) View all crashes on a map. 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. I recently gained permission to search some farm land between Whetstone & Littlethorpe. Dad lived in Beldam Haw in the 1930s and 40s, firstly in no. I had starred it so I would be certain to get back to it, but you see how effective that was. Takeoff Date: Crew Status: Crash Date: This is all the info I have and as you can see Im not as sure on some of it. Use the slider or your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out. Just came across your website.Park Farm, Hoxne. American plane coming into mendlesham airfield was shot down by following German plane. Does anyone know about a P38 that crashed in Water Lane, Cobham, Surrey on 16th March 1944? I forgot precisely where it was but if you know what I mean please let me know. Best wishes Thanks Beth. The parents of the crew had a wooden church built on the crash site. Hi Richard, Made contact with Stan Bishop, the only info he has is what I have Learn how to create your own. what aircraft it was and if the crew survived. Did you obtain these from any particular source? Can you help? aircraft that crashed into the sea off the north Wales coast during World war 2. Hi can anyone give me information on Russell Charles Denny ? My email address is on the contact page of this site, if you want to email me a photo of your find, I can add it here? I did find two pictures of Alfred 11 but there were no photos of the crash site. Sqn (RAF) / Avro Lancaster Mk. The crash site was close to Lampeter, Mid Wales. i remember during the war, a welington , orlancaster , crashing into houses on wold rd hull, the pilot was a corpaeral, aparantly he didnt pass ro be a pilot, and this night , he took the lane up , on his own, my father was a fire man , off duty, but he was the first to turn off the gas in the houses , and get the pilot out unfortunatly he was dead, , when the fire engine arrived, the cheef balled my father out for not waiting, i remember it all so well, i am now 88, i lived at 360 wld rd nearly oposit, the plane was from leckonfield. This site only details air crash sites in England and Wales, you may be better off asking the site admin for air crash sites scotland. He put me in touch with a colleague of his at the War Graves Commission who he felt sure would be able to help me. I threw some away at first, but now Im bagging it all just in case. Required fields are marked *. During an investigation into the crash, officials determined the aircraft had left Colorado Springs between 9:30 and 10 a.m. that morning. I found what looks like a latch handle that has a plastic grommit attached, and the grommit has Wellington Regd moulded into it. With every best wish and kindest regards, Joe. No records are available. Hi Barry, many thanks for getting in touch .. delighted to make your acquaintance. The Benzett ALG airstrip was established in 1943 and first used by Spitfire IX's of No.122 Squadron followed by squadrons to combat flying . In the Luftwaffe crash sites section of this website is the memorial to what is alleged to be the last Luftwaffe aircraft shot down in England during this raid. The aircraft was a B-17G Flying Fortress serial number 42-97236. In the village of East Stockwith is a memorial to the crew. Click on a location name to go to the location page, or click on the coordinates to go to the map. Lancaster ND820, At the request of a local farmer in Norfolk I have located where some of the remains of EE105 Lancaster lies. I would appreciate any information you have on John, 44 squadron or Lamsdorf. Somewhere we have documentary evidence. Hello everybody, I was on my way to abersoch yesterday and out of the car window I saw something that looked like a p51d or a spitfire mk9 that had crashed in a small building (like a kind of brick shed. Wellington DV810 on Broomhead Moor. Several of crew were killed. Memorial Crash 03-11-1944 Oosterhout. 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. Thanks for your replyI obtained all my pics and info from web site B24.net a very good site. This map was created by a user. Trying to find the exact location of crashed Avro Lancaster 11 683 By: Keith - 4th September 2008 at 06:00 I'm going on holliday soon in Allhallows-on-Sea and would like to visit a few crash sites in or around Kent, where i could have a look around and maybe even a bit of metal detecting without trespassing or bothering anyone. Approximate location, date such as time of year, the name of the pilot, anything from memory such as stories you heard from your father or other family anything like that could help enormously. on April 3 1945. Also, would you happen to know the name of the local newspaper there, or a source that may have more documentation of the actual crash? They were all temporarily buried at the temporary cemetery in Cambridge, and 3 from this crew remain here in the permanent cemetery, 4 including SSgt Logan were repatriated back to the United States. Ian. Runway is approx 1km south east of that point. Any help would be appreciated, Our uncles were killed in the same crash.Family lore says the aircraft (possibly L4323) was attempting a spiral manoeuvre before crashing. Not sure I can provide an answer, maybe someone else on here might be able to? My father told me about how he met my mother. ww2 plane crash sites map kent. I will check the B24 web site and see what I can find. Im Terry Rafter from Australia. IX, NH356. Any chance this could have been a Spitfire with a Canadian pilot who crashed near combe, Woodstock? The detectorist had dug down at the farm and found human remains. I was pleased to see that you had photos of all the crew of Alfred 11. Hiya, I.. looking for any further information/pictures if possible of Wellington DV936. Your email address will not be published. There were two explosions as the aircraft began to disintegrate in the air and a third as it hit the ground. He and 2 others ran to rescue the crew but sadly they ran into an enemy mine field, he was killed and the others were wounded, I would like to know if possible? Unfortunately, my father passed away two years ago so Im unable to check whether this was the crash to which he was referring. We often played in the Spitfire that was left in one of the hangars at Hooton. Do you know where it may be currently? Aside from this Derek Scaless decorations raise money for charity. operation and because of low cloud base forced the aircraft to fly very low over the German and when I visit the Forum. Jan. 7, 2023 at 3:05 pm Updated Jan. 7, 2023 at 9:00 pm. already, no pictures. One other thing, in doing a basic computer search for the crash site, Park Farm, Hoxne, Suffolk, I was unable to find it. Apparently it crashed just North of the Main Railway line to the east of Westbury Station Not far off the Ham road. Early next month, the family of our B17s tailgunner will be getting their historic cartridge, in a cheery ceremony at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. Jonathan. Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, There is also this distressing reference in a book called Intruders over Britain by Simon W Parry (2003); 1 of 12. It looks as though we have come to the end of the road regarding our research although I will continue to check the internet from time to time just in case any further info. I remember the exceedingly brave firemen breaking into the blazing fuselarge armed with axes in an attempt to save there colleagues. TWA Flight 260 Crash Site Albuquerque, New Mexico. Does anyone have info on the crash of an Albemarle in the fields just below the Westbury White Horse in Wiltshire. Best of luck in your research. It had just taken off from Hethel Airfield on a mission to Germany. I will be grateful for the smallest item of information which might help. Though you cant see the cemetery in this view you will get an idea of the country your uncle flew over during the war. Excluding the well-known Liberator crash in Chichester,West Sussex- if anyone out there has any data on a possible WW2 crash-site in the Fishbourne area, on farmland just outside the village, would like to know. It seems likely the survivors were wearing parachutes and were able to get out of the aircraft and open them. One of the most prominent aircraft crash sites can be discovered from Wasdale Head. Crew were, Hailey, Sindrey, Barton and Surtees all RAFVR 218 (Gold Coast) Sdn. Thanks to former Stanhoe resident Arthur Walker for most of the information on these crash sites. I saw the crash which was caused by the Waco on tow getting out of position and pulling the tail of the tug to starboard. on 13 Aug 44 near Wasserliesch, SW of Trier. Crashed Great Dunmow En route to RAF Witchford. Confused by auto headlights, the fighter hit a tree while attacking the airfield at RAF Elvington and crashed at Sutton upon Derwent, Yorkshire; all four crew members were killed. Granpa and Granma also lived at Edgehill. Expand. heres the link. Several agencies pulled a 59-year-old man and a 23-year-old man out of the wreck. It appears to be quite new as it is not on Google street views. Details. In this short video the pilot refers to it at about one and a half minutes in and we do a fly past. Debi Hartley, 51, was on a casual walk with her partner Graham Holden, 54, and their dog Bonnie when they made the "one in a million" discovery. I thought you might enjoy a different take on a crashlanding site and how its flying along now. I would really appreciate any information you have on John, his daughter and/or the crash. The day before WW2 started, Saturday Sept 2nd, 1939, I was evacuated to Milton Street, Maidstone in Kent. They might assist you in finding more information. I am looking for any info on my Uncle, Pilot Officer Arthur Glyndwr Thomas, who died in a plane crash (Lancaster?) Crashing somewhere near Wittering, Following-up my former request about the Wittering crash, I am of course (when requested) tell more about my late and for many years good and well respected friend Thomas C. Stanley MBE of Liverpool, ex-crew member of Manchester L7518. Ive not been able to find much else out about the incident andvthe family has no pictures of Sgt H M Holmes. I have to go back at what I just now do remember (without checking) and what Tom wrote and told me in his original letters to me! Hi Mick this would be William Hughes from Ticknall? I was told that the aircraft were Barracudas. One B17 certainly crashed at Home Farm Hoxne. Also worth noting that one can stay at the Restaurant les Grpins & that the UK company http://www.solognac.co.uk has a campus there. That is a fascinating story Paul. I visited madingly on the 20th May and had a chat with the Superintendent there. Hi Roger My research re 2nd Lt Reed is complete re the crash except for a pic of the crash scene, I have a ongoing enq in the States re a possible nephew which I am waiting on. These mention that Lancster LL701 went down in the North Sea. Note that source, the 457th Bomb Group Association, mentions there being 4 survivors not 3. Ian, Ian I have contacted the LA and have a copy of FE Kraemers death certificate as a starting point but further investigation concluded that there was not a coroners report. From Bomber county aviation resource are these details; The downing of Lancaster ME323 is also mentioned in Nachtjagd War Diaries Vol 2 An Operational History of the German Night Fighter Force in the West, April 1944 May 1945 by Dr. Theo Boiten and Roderick J MacKenzie (2008) in which they identify the possible credit for the shooting down of ME323 to Lt. Gnther Wulf. Dave Stubley is one of hundreds of men and women across Britain who spend their free time finding out where the planes crashed, then digging them up. There was no mention by them of a fatality. Im also hoping to find a more accurate crash site for this aircraft. See details: See map: N58437. This is more about local history than anything else, as an ancestor of mine , name of Atkins, was Hi Joe, excited to hear you know John Hargreaves daughter. Hi Jonathan, Used to work not that far from you at Heathrow. The result was that the Albemarles port wing stalled and she dived vertically into the ground. school Now. Hi NOT the B24 that crashed on Freckleton school near what is now Bae Warton. Sorry I cannot help Richard Storr but I am replying as I live in Walcott on North Norfolk coast and as local historian I researched the crash at 1329hrs on Sat 29th April 1944 of a B24 at Walcott the pilot 2nd Lt John Warner REED aged 26 was killed, all of the crew of 9 bailed out and survived. Archivist . Hi Beth. C-49j military cargo plane. have picture of dad with lt. Harold saviers crew,305thbomb group,365th squad,40th wing,1st bomb div,chelverston. Thanks for your visit and comment Mike. It was travelling at between . RAF Crash Sites 1942 - 1945. Both Halstead pubs shut. Wasnt Halstead Place owned/built by Barnaby Atkins? The plaque is by the entrance to Mill Farm at 514347.8N, 13442.1W and reads: In Memory Of Photo Aircraft Crew Member [s] (Assignment) In alphabetic order Crew Crashed Actual Type M a p Cemetery. It looks very different nowadays. My email address is: I dont think this is the correct place because your dates are different, but Im looking for more information about the crash where my great uncle lost his life, and I really dont know where else to look. Crash Cause: Target / Mission: Crash Area - Location: -. This turned out to be a mistake, because Maidstone found itself in the middle of what the RAF referred to as 'Hellfire Alley': the route followed by the German bombers flying to London. Obviously, I dont check my email daily, but Ill try to be better now. Does anyone know if there is a memorial to the 4 aircrew members of 157 Squadron who died when their Airspeed Oxford (HM763) crashed after a dummy attack by an American Pilot flying a Mustang near Methwold in Norfolk on 1st May 1945? People who have read it found it quite amusing.
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