Blackburn Botha L6202

Blackburn Botha L6202

The engine that never gets found ..... I stood on it but missed it ...good job one of us was looking !

Flying out of Hooton Park on a training flight on the 28th August 1943. L6202 crashed into the mountain Llwytmoor in Snowdonia ,Wales.
The weather was fine and clear except for the peaks of the Welsh mountains .
The weather though ,deteriorated after the crash which resulted in the search and rescue operation taking over 5 days to complete. The aircraft must have hit the mountain at high speed ,  the engines tumbling down the mountain from the impact point , a large gouge can still be seen in the rock made by the engine just prior to becoming wedged in this prominent position. The second engine made it all the way down the very steep slope  to the stream . 
The 4 crewmen were all killed .

Sgt. George M. Heppinstall     Pilot
Sgt. William Fearson               WO/AG
Sgt. Douglas Hargreaves       WO/AG
Sgt. Wendlin Bettin                   WO/AG

Sgt. Bettin was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force .

The usual shot !

some of the wreckage that is strewn down the hillside