Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Wellington Z8990

A visit on a snowy day

Wet conditions for this visit
 On the 17th of July 1942 the crew of  Wellington Z8980  flying out of RAF Lichfield on a night navigation exercise bailed out at a low level after losing control of the aircraft. the Wellington crashed into Ringinglow Moss and burnt out . The moor is a watery bog of a place unfit for humans !
The crew all survived this incident. They were

 Sgt Thomas Frank Thompson  Pilot RAFVR

 P/O John William Moore Nav RAAF

 Sgt Joseph Howe Levett Nav RAAF

 Sgt Kennington John Hythe Harris WO/AG RAAF

 Sgt Jacob Henry Roden WO/AG RAAF


Unfortunately , Sgt's Thompson , Harris and Roden all recovered enough from their injuries to continue serving. All  three were later killed on service ,two in action over occupied Europe and one by then F/O Thompson killed crashing   Oxford PH235 into high tension cables near Holmes Chapel in Cheshire .
A watch perhaps or some sort of cockpit instrument
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2 comments:

  1. TrampShining4212 February 2018 at 23:06

    I'm struggling to find a way of contacting you, not about this specific crash, but two other incidents which happened close to my home in the West Riding, but which are not detailed here. I know for a fact that a Meteor Jet crashed into farmland close to Kiveton Park and Todwick in the 1950s because I saw it come down, with the pilot's parachute tangled up in the tail-plane. No report that I can see. And a Lancaster bomber crashed into a hillside just outside Kiveton, also late50s early 50, but I can find no report. Can you help please. Bob Tomlinson.

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  2. Unknown15 January 2020 at 23:38

    Essex close s26
    Kiveton park
    Road close to

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