Two other Ju 88s crashed in separate incidents at 1:37 and 1:45 am. While there are several ways to get to the crash site, the easiest is via the Snake Pass walk. Appledram Arlington (Hailsham) Ashdown Forest . Wondered if anyone has any info on a crash that occurred on 27/08/1944 one mile n/w of Stowmarket in which my wifes father was killed. Little bit of confusion though it seems 81 OTU disbanded Jan 1944. You live in a very nice part of the Norfolk coast.I am a Norfolk Dumpling myself although I now live in exile at Peterborough. hello looking for information on allied aircraft which crashed in village of Hallot in France at the end of July 1944 my farther died and two others were wounded trying to rescue the crew, they ran into a mine field, Be nice to know if the crew survived and what aircraft it was. Is there anyone out there who may have more information about this particular incident? You state you have a fair amount of material re your crash would that include a pic of the crash site ? shop at Park Corner which now sells logs and venison). I remember walking home when an American plane in trouble and just at tree hight.Crashed by the A12 near where Ivy Hill hotel is now situated. So many names from the past! It is titled I Join The Fray. The skipper of the boat we used to dive with found it when he was fishing and caught his nets in it. 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. I recently gained permission to search some farm land between Whetstone & Littlethorpe. ww2 plane crash sites map kent. On Facebook.com/ukthanksgivingfield has some additions. Jonathan. My Uncle Jack Anderson, who was a TEC 5 appears to have died in that same crash. There is a chance Leicester Mercury may have details in their archieves. The official report states ''This a/c No.3 in a tail chase was seen to commence to pull out from a dive. I daresay you have already done this. Was Flight Sergeant Denny a relative? Very sorry to hear of your loss, Hazel. Hi Fred, thank you for sharing your memories of that night with us. Crashed Great Dunmow En route to RAF Witchford. 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? since dad was assigned to different crews when their gunner was unable to fly cant really find imformation. How do I obtain crash site reports from the date August 1943 which may or may not show the extent of what or was not recovered. Also, I spoke with John Vardys daughter this afternoon, so it looks like 3 families are now joined up. Thank you Andy, Hi Andy, sorry for late reply, have just returned from holiday. The crashed planes were photographed and cataloged and then removed, here are 22 of the best images we could find! I doubt your Spitfire was involved in enemy action in my own opinion it could have been an ATA crash. If ever this way look us up. Flt Sgt Denny was the only son in the family with 3 sisters still surviving out of 4. Does anyone know about a P38 that crashed in Water Lane, Cobham, Surrey on 16th March 1944? The inquest heard Palmer, who researches crash sites from the second world war, contacted police at 10am on 26 June last year. Click on a location name to go to the location page, or click on the coordinates to go to the map. Thank You. Hope you can help. Derrick, thank you for your reply. 31st may 1945 B-17G 43-38919 561BS 388BG station 136 8AF KCR(killed in crash) Pilot Metz, Walter B ENGland Barningham/ 1mi SE, can order crash report from site that will probably list crew and likely other casulties. 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. He was killed testing this aircraft on 18 April 1944 having taken off from an airfield near Salisbury heading for a dive bombing range. courtesy of Kirk Dietz. The name of your brother is familiar to me but I dont think I knew him. Re; B-24 crash Swansea, South Wales area. Unfortunately Michael Hursts book, whilst being detailed, many of the locations are wrong, he deliberatly did this. I also wonder if there is any coronial information you might be able to access from the local authority? Can I help? I will take a look but its not my neck of the woods really. Accident-Report.com Do the same as above. Thats him! Further information required please. Id love it now, in fact. Do you know what they did with them? and occupied by sheep. Incidentally a couple of years ago I happened to be in a WW2 vintage aircraft flying over Cambridgeshire (RAF Glatton is just north of here) and the pilot took us over the American Cemetery. The footage of you flying was terrific as well. Other times such the as the request about the P-47 above searches all end up pointing to the same very limited resource. I had starred it so I would be certain to get back to it, but you see how effective that was. Numerous aircraft parts have been recovered by metal detection and some witnesses have come forward. Ill have a look Gary, see if I can find anything. Thanks so much for your email. 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. Would the area newspapers have an account of it? 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 respectyed friend Thomas C. Stanley MBE of Liverpool, ex-crew member of Manchester L7518. Also looking into the other two RAf men buried at Ticknall and both were training accident victims. Stay in touch. I also was wondering reading your query whether the MOD in declining your application might advise what information they have? Thank you. Does anybody know of any record of a B17 stationed at Parham crashing near Framlington Castle? The circumstances of each of those crashes are described in my book, which draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources from both sides.". There was an anti aircraft gun in the same field as well. Thanks Beth. I remember the exceedingly brave firemen breaking into the blazing fuselarge armed with axes in an attempt to save there colleagues. As they got there, the fuel eventually ran out. This interactive image was created with ThingLink. 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! But there seems to be some doubt about this Wittering crash. Once the process is complete, a link to the document entitled 'Printout' will be displayed. 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. Does anyone know about this crash??? I have been trying to find information for him but keep drawing a blank. I visited Halstead on Thursday by bus. The village of Black Bourton was the scene, 76 years ago when tragically, returning from missions, Albemarle V1782 overshot the runway at RAF Brize Norton, crashing and burning out in a field on Mill Farm, with the loss of life of all five crew. Best of luck in your research. Also whether or not the truck driver was full or empty. Ian. Sometimes the info is out there and it all opens up and its enjoyable to pirce the story together when it does (and there is more to be found I am sure, not least ironing out the discrepancies). Details. 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. Parts of the plane fell in the vicinity of the field at Glatton. 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 was an evacuee staying on a farm close to Silian. Ive not been able to find much else out about the incident andvthe family has no pictures of Sgt H M Holmes. Hi Roger I visited madingly on the 20th May and had a chat with the Superintendent there. The church has had a few incumbents since Ashlachsen, we were married in 1991 by Malcolm Bury but he has sadly died. Runway is approx 1km south east of that point. Thanks. I have been to the Aviation Archaeology web site mentioned and will probably order the crash report. (Donald something) Regards Levi Wilson. This question has been asked on-line before (not at this site) but I have not seen a response or answer. It also suggests to me that there is no full and formal documentation of the crash, despite the loss of rather valuable aircrew. Do you live in this area now? ww2 plane crash sites map kent. Apparently two Lancasters, ME323 and PB476 of 12 Squadron were on training flights when shot down by Luftwaffe Junkers 88s. Kind regards Very nostalgic for me as I visited the farm where the crew sheltered the first night night and Ulich and Helga Jensen gave them food at great risk to themselves. The plane that crashed in Bradley International Airport in Connecticut today was a restored WWII-era Boeing B-17, a heavy bomber plane used mostly in Germany and Western Europe. I used to have to walk to the pharmacy at Halstead to get Granmas prescriptions. Sorry I didnt mention this before. Sgt Joseph T. Paddock, radio operator, killed My father grew up in Hoxne, Suffolk and I still live in the area. 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. A small plane that took off from Auburn crashed Saturday into a storage facility in Kent . Permission was granted by the MOD for the site to be excavated but on reapplying have been turned down stating the possibility of human remain maybe on site. Republic P-47C Thunderbolt 41-6246 on Aran Fawddwy. Several agencies pulled a 59-year-old man and a 23-year-old man out of the wreck. I dont know of that one sorry, but maybe someone else on here might be able to provide some infor for you. Reg Ds827 Feb/5/1944 Plane crash map Locate crash sites, wreckage and more. Click and drag to move the map around. By: Pete Truman - 4th January 2006 at 09:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00 The imperial war museum in London may be able to help. My dad has been talking about the crash that occurred at Curry Wood as he lived in Halstead and remembers it occurring. i am looking for info of 2 b17,s colliding over Braintree Essex around 1945 as i live not far from were the tail section fell the other B17 got back ok .I am looking for any info of details were the tail fell. thanks in advance P. Jackson. August 21, 2016 at 11:03 pm. Im trying to locate the site of a B17 crash in West Norfolk. Your memory of the exact spot is interesting, but I have not been able to find any air crashes at Holmes Chapel from around that time. Good of you to provide the crew details. I had a hunch that the plane might have come from Podington in Beds, now the site of the race track Santa Pod.I Corresponded with Dearborn about this,but there was no way of getting to the site. Best of luck with your researches, hope to hear more. Cees Waardenburg, DFC, and Gunner FO Harry Payne were only men aboard, up from Dunsfold, and both killed. Or maybe as a general enquiry, ask someone here at the Coroners Society. http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/390th-bomb-group/interesting-information-and-facts/. I was born on Stocking Farm and there were always rumours of this around. Hi Martin, it is not a crash site I have visited but maybe I need to, was not aware of it! Richard Storr, Thanks Richard for your time and efforts..please keep me informed. Richard Storr. The detectorist had dug down at the farm and found human remains. His name is flight sergent robert sidney brothwell raf 1238487. Best wishes, 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. The exact date of this crash is unknown. Hi Richard, Thanks for your efforts much appreciated, I was a police officer in the Cambridge area which covered Madingly [ retired 1995 ] and I spent many duties on Madingly Day, and used to call in at various times,very impressive place. It crashed in the area that is Woodstock I understand the crew all survived although my Father had a broken Interesting to read that Sandy. Great memories of playing in the Spitfire at Hooton. Service personnel from Marham are ready to take part in a controlled mini excavation as part of their development. Aircraft came down at Purley Way, Wallington. He lived there all his life literally born and died in the village. Great that you are helping John Hargreaves daughter with finding info on 44 squadron and Lamsdorf. We only wish to map the site and dig a series of 1mx1mx1m test pits. The parents of the crew had a wooden church built on the crash site. When reaching the British coast however, Hubbard no longer was able to keep his a/c in the air any longer and ordened his crew to bail out as quick as possible. No records are available. During WW2 my aunt had had a colleague in the Day Nursery in Orpington, called Walton, whose father had the corn merchant business in Halstead. Whos remains and war commissions grave is at Wymeswold cemetery 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. It was with the 457th Bomb Group and was on a bombing raid to Merseberg near Leipzig in Germany on 21 April 1944, probably to attack the oil refinery there. Were photographed and cataloged and then removed, here are 22 of the boat we used to died. That one sorry, but maybe someone else on here might be able to access from the local?... 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