Rick W Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 We have been selling a lot of the Haynes Spifire and Lanc manuals recently. This bloke was looking at the Lanc manual in our shop and said he had been picking up bits of a crashed bomber from a field not too far away from me and gave me its rough location. Is there a generally accessible website of crash locations or any info available on the web? Intrigued... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 type in crashed lancasters on the net , and see what comes up. I just did .interesting stuff there ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Thanks for the word. Will try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Bit of digging around on the www, looks like it wasnt a Lanc but a Beaufighter, narrowed the area to about 4/5 fields just need to find a bit more info on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Im on a roll now, its a locally based website with info but a fascinating read. http://mackz.net/cm_samplearticles.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Not this one on page 4? http://www.cranfieldexpress.co.uk/news/PDF/March_01.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Not that one Mike, theres one near Deanshanger, one of the local characters got arrested for draining its fuel tanks after it crashed. Will post a link if I can find it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 "Monty was one of only two or three people in Deanshanger who owned a motor car before the war, and during the war almost all cars had to be laid up for lack of petrol. A Beaufighter crash landed in one of his fields, near what is now the Kingfisher Club, the crew escaped although the fuel tanks ruptured, they were very lucky there was no fire. Monty filled several cans from the leaking tanks, but, although he was a magistrate, he was prosecuted for using the petrol. The village chuckled because the very high octane fuel also ruined his engine." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey985 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) Here is one from Down under, if you print it out you will be able to put it together. The grid referece is wrong but the long.and lat. is wright. Edited January 12, 2009 by Shakey985 added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 "Monty was one of only two or three people in Deanshanger who owned a motor car before the war, and during the war almost all cars had to be laid up for lack of petrol. A Beaufighter crash landed in one of his fields, near what is now the Kingfisher Club, the crew escaped although the fuel tanks ruptured, they were very lucky there was no fire. Monty filled several cans from the leaking tanks, but, although he was a magistrate, he was prosecuted for using the petrol. The village chuckled because the very high octane fuel also ruined his engine."[/quote] Does that make him a triple Muppet?:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Guess so Mike! Blimey Shakey is that the crash map for my area? I never knew such maps existed! What I need to do is tie up the Beaufighter number with that map, I will be amazed if it is the same! Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Thinking about it though, you say the co-ordinates were slightly off? The bloke who I originally got the site off, did say another site a mile or two away, I just assumed he got the place wrong. A case of places and names getting distorted by history as time goes on. How do I get the site location given on the crash map in a modern setting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey985 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Dear Rick W and members I know miracles can happen in this forum but I am on the other side of the world. The drawing provided is of one of our aircraft that went missing on the 21st of November 1943. The site of the crash wasn't discovered until October 1992. The recovery occurred in 1996. If you work on longitude and latitude in google earth you should find the site Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Aha! I did wonder from the Lat and Long co-ordinates you gave me, they seemed to be opposite UK ones! Plus when I did a search for the aircraft number on google it came up with an Aussie one. Another possible recorded match for mine is a Halifax(?) that went down near Silverstone, but its well recorded and a few miles out of the way. Quite a lot going on when you start looking into it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey985 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Rick have you printed out the drawing and put it together? You will see that the RAAF did a detailed study of the site, your RAF should of dun the same for your crash site and there should be records available, ring your local base. This was one of the photos from the recovery task, I will post the story when I can, I am trying to get some jobs dun before the expected 39c today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 39c....tell me thats not the temperature there....:cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey985 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yep 28 today after last nights cool change, last 400 bricks to be laid so got to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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