Avro Anson N4919
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| Pictured here with the crags in the background are the few remaining scraps of wreckage , including two wing front edges. |
This aircraft crashed on Wolf Hole Crag in the Forest of Bowland on 9th February 1944.
Flying out of Millom the pilot , Flight Seargent Dobson , had little choice but to descend due to icing up of the wings , realising he was over high ground he attempted and succeeded in a forced landing . All of the 5 crew members survived .
This crash site is a fair old trek out into the middle of nowhere , and once there the wreckage took some finding . So much so , that I only found it just as I gave up looking and started to return back to the car. I had scoured over 100s of metres of ground and looked through the Rocks in search of the wreckage and found nothing at all.
It was almost a very frustrating trip out , but turned out to be a good one in the end !
Not having a Sat Nav I confirmed this location by pacing on a compass bearing, North, to a wall that was only 50 paces away and then another 18 paces along the wall to a turn so depending on the OS map accuracy I am fairly sure of this location . I am not gonna be far out over such a short distance and am certain anyone using this 8 figure GR will have no problem finding the wreckage for as long as it remains in this location.
Below, my sticks mark the exact GR I had in relation to this site . I could find nothing visible at all , despite over an hour of searching in a grid pattern from this point .
I did though eventually find the wreckage pool , if not the impact point , a long long way away .
This point , the sticks , GR ....SD 630577
I was on my own today , Ian would like this place , its the middle nowhere surrounded by mile upon mile of featurless moor !
