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

Lockheed P-38 42 -12928

P-38,s lined up on the runway in Northern Ireland .

Large wing section ,flaps are still attached .
On the 26th January 1943 a flight of P-38 were being flown from Goxhill in Lincolnshire to Langford Lodge in Northern Ireland .
Two of these aircraft collided with each other over The Forest of Bowland , Lancashire. They both crashed into the moor about 1 and a half miles apart. According to reports neither pilot attempted to bail out . They may have been injured or killed in the initial collision.

This aircraft was piloted by

2nd Lt Stephen. L. White 

Who was killed along with the pilot of the other aircraft

1st Lt Henry. L. Perry

he main aircraft in this picture is 42-12908 , the number lies between the two that crashed here, so its reasonable to assume that this is pretty much what they looked like .