Flying out of Turweston ,on the 28th May 1945 HE226 crashed into
Bycliffe Moor , Conistone ,Yorkshire.
Part of No.17 OTU on a training flight the whole crew of five were killed .
They were
Pilot W/O E.C. Cole
Nav Sgt. J. Mann
BA F/Sgt. A.J. Griffiths
AG Sgt. J.Duncan
AG Sgt. H.H. Rawnsley
A huge amount of wreckage still can be found at this site in 5 or 6
pools and a spread over a wide area with small fragments can be seen .
What struck me most about this site was the force of the impact into the ground, everything totally shattered.
ReplyDeleteThe pix here do give an instant appreciation of the impact, that wide lower image - with the silhouette walker, is excellent. Sad that training cost so many lives.
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