9/27/2023 0 Comments Recent plane crashes map![]() What a coincidence that you remember him. I am trying to find the Exact location of Blenheim X3338 that crashed on a training exercise 1.5 miles North East of Woodford Northants on 13th January 1945? Approximate location, date such as time of year, the name of the pilot, anything from memory such as stories you heard from your father or other family anything like that could help enormously. My uncle (SHC Thrower) was killed when Wellington Mk 1c, DV918, from 21 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Enstone at 2010 to carry out a training exercise. He provides a rough grid reference for the crash site NY521371. Forgot to say crash site was in the village of Wetheringsett, Suffolk. Thanks to former Stanhoe resident Arthur Walker for most of the information on these crash sites. Troops guard the wreck of Heinkel He 111P (W.Nr 1582: G1+FR) of 7./KG 55, which was shot down during an attack on Great Western Aerodrome (now Heathrow) and crash-landed at High Salvington near Worthing, 16 August 1940. They were later identified as Flying Officer Thomas and his crew who were overdue from a cross country navigation exercise. Sarah! Thats him! Link here to Aviation Safety Network has an overview plus links to other websites it references, Hello, An allied aircraft crashed in front of my father, Cpl R.A.Jacksons platoon in the village of Hollot Normandy France on 1st or 2nd August 1944. The crews, including your uncle Arthur, were based at RAF Wickenby and had only been there a few days before losing their lives. A family member recently received a letter from the Cambridge Cemetery. I am going to the American Cemetery at Madingley this coming weekend and I hope they may be able to suggest where they might be obtained. I did a brief enquiry into the Ancestry Website and I see that Lt Reeds body was repatriated to the USA in 1948 and is buried at Benton Harbor Michigan but you may well know that. Can anyone help me? But anyway it is on the corner of Back Street and St Peters Close in the village. Also worth noting that one can stay at the Restaurant les Grpins & that the UK company has a campus there. ![]() Great memories of playing in the Spitfire at Hooton. I moved from Norwich in 1964 although I have been going back on a regular basis as most of my remaining family and some friends live there. The crash site being about 7 miles out to sea from Prestatyn. ![]() It crashed in the area that is Woodstock I used to have to walk to the pharmacy at Halstead to get Granmas prescriptions. He was a SSGT in the 748 USAAF Bomb Squadron.
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