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| Both engines were still at the site last time I visited this being the lower of the two |
This aircraft of No.782 Sqn. Royal Navy .
crashed into Broad Crag in cloud , in the English Lake District on the 30th August 1946.
crashed into Broad Crag in cloud , in the English Lake District on the 30th August 1946.
5 crew and passengers were all killed. At the time being used as an
air ambulance, the aircraft contained medical staff and a patient .
Sub Lt. S. K. Kilsby Pilot CPOA H. J. Clark
Cdr Sgn W .T. Gwynne -Jones Surgeon
SBA L.H. Watkinson Sick Birth Attendant
CWM C.R. Allwright DSM Patient
This is a Gypsy III engine
Great shots, Paul
ReplyDeletegreat location shoot - love the wide views you've managed. .. the dark patches on the hillside there looks like a burn-off of sorts or is it simply a change in vegetation? having Sue next to that engine shows off the scale of the thing too btw, well done.
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DeleteCWM C.R. Allwright DSM. Was my Mums, Mothers Brother.
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