P-38 42-12905

 

 On the 26th January 1943 whilst in a flight of Forty-five P-38,s from Goxhill to Langford Lodge in Northern Ireland , Two aircraft , this one P-38G 42-12905 and P-38G 42-12928, collided and crashed . Both pilots died .
1st. Lt. H.L. Perry flew this aircraft
2nd Lt. S.L. White .....the other !

Here is a link to the other P-38 involved in the collision
http://militaryaircraftcrashsites.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/lockheed-p-38-42-12928.html

Susan inspecting the wreckage , dragged through the mud , wet , cold and fed up. We decided not to continue to the other P-38 today . It lies over a mile away , and conditions under foot were difficult to say the least . Visibility was down to 50m maximum , often less