Saturday 16 August 2014

Avro Anson N9853


Avro Anson N9853



 On the 11th December  1944 , this aircraft flying from RAF Newton to RAF Millom and  piloted by Flt.Lt. Aleksander Chelstowski , crashed into the plateau on top of Kinder Scout in the Dark Peak . He was accompanied on the flight by his wireless operator a Flt Sgt Stefan Pasinski and 4 passengers . Happily all survived the crash on the snow covered top .



After a couple of clearances little remains apart from the two engines and a few panels .

I,ve visited the site on a couple  of occasions . Never in very clement weather though . Our last visit was in pouring rain ,our first in snow and low cloud .





2 comments:

  1. Missed this upload Paul. You have visited in lousy weather - occasions I have been this way has been on blue sky scorchers.

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    1. Yes , it was supposed to be a nice day the second time but it managed to piss down all the while were up on the tops ......of course soon as we retreated it started to sunshine . Still havent been to the Dominie site a few hundred metres away ....we were cold and wet by this point and had had enough .

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