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| little remains visible at this site now |
Taking off out of East Wretham in Norfolk on the 6th February 1944 as part of a flight of 5 P-47.s on route to BAD2 Wharton ,the pilot became lost in deteriorating weather . It is believed that he circled trying to find his whereabouts until he ran out of fuel . Then with little options open to him he began a gradual glide ,controlled descent , but unfortunately clipped one of the ridges of Pendle Hill and crashed into its flank .
The pilot who was killed was
Flt.Officer J.R.Runnells
At the site today can be seen a very few small fragments of wreckage and a number of exlpoded and unexploded 20mm shells. We also found amongst the heather what appears to be the tip of the aircrafts aerial antennae .
