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

Avro Anson EG686

Flying out of RAF Cark (nr Cartmel ) on a night navigation exercise the aircraft crashed into the South -Eastern flank of Swirl How .
All three of the crew members were killed .
They were :
Sgt. K.M. Snelling Pilot
Sgt. K.J.Brettell Co-Pilot
Sgt. W.W. Younger Air Gunner

This area is dotted with crash sites , some famous such as the Halifax LL505 which hit the summit of Great Carrs much of which can be found below Swirl How on the Northern flank in a coombe called Broad Slack and others whose exsistance are almost spurious in that the exact location of the sites have yet to be located such as Hurricane AG 275 , an unknown Spitfire that was found close to this very Anson during the search for the Anson and another unknown aircraft upon the Old Man of Coniston whose engine is alleged to still be in the tarn . Low Water !
Here is a short video of our finding and travel down the wreckage trail from this crash site .
youtu.be/tnQxRbFaXhg

looking back up the mountain to the impact point