Short Sterling Mk3 LJ628, Howden Moor, England.
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All 10 crew members survived the crash, July 21 1944. The Stirling was on a training exercise, the crew learning how to deal with stopped engines and such events. With attention concentrated on these details, the bomber had drifted off course and flew into the moor. Pilot of the Stirling, Squadron Leader Hadland, had just enough time to pull back on the stick to reduce the blow and fortunately there was no fire.
Squadron Leader Hadland
Flying Officer O’Leary
Flying Officer Gardiner
Sergeant McDonald
Sergeant Coulson
Sergeant Gittings
Sergeant Ludlow
Sergeant Burroughs
Sergeant van Nierkirk (Royal Rhodesian Air Force)
Sergeant Austin (Royal Rhodesian Air Force)
Crew details in PEAKLAND AIR CRASHES – THE NORTH (P Cunningham, 2006)
Having traipsed across the moor to find this site, it was galling to discover the bulk of the remains lay hidden beneath old snow. These fragments and a piece of the wing in Ewden Beck were all I could photograph.
All survived? Amazing!
Interesting non the less!
I`m amazed from all these photos of crash sites just how much debris remains ? You would have thought over the years that most if not all the debris would have been removed or overgrown. A great set of photos Ian – much walking also involved obviously ?