Halifax Bomber Crash Site

[Silver Searcher]

yesterday I called into a farm on my way back from a unproductive days detecting the area is steeped in History, a 12thc Church stands in the grounds, and across the way there's a fortified hunting lodge

The lodge stands on North Cowton Moore, were in the year 1138 King David1 of Scotland was defeated in the battle of the Standards. I had already spoke to the farmer some years back, but never tried the area

As we talked the Halifax crash came up, and he pointed out the area were the plane had come down, I thought to myself, I'll give that area a miss anyway today I went and tried the field and found myself drawn to the crash area for some reason

The ground was real heavy going at first but eased a bit up the slope, three quarters the way up the field the scraps of Alloy started to show, one or two at first, then three or four in every sweep after digging quite a few of these I tried to concentrate on larger items.

The first find looks like some sort of dial(brass) with markings going around it what its off, then a large back plate of something which has some plating and part of a serial number I found outher odds and ends but I don't recognize any of them, perhaps there are a few people on here might help

The Halifax had been stationed at RAF Croft which was home to Wellington, Lancaster,Whitley Sterling and Halifax Bombers, Croft aerodrome was home to a number of squadrons including 419 squadron from Canada, this particular air craft was returning from Germany, when it struck a Tree at Atley Hill, all crew sadly perished in the crash

I have contacted a Halifax rescue group to see if they can shed some more light on the crash site, there seems to very little on line

http://www.hellzapoppin.demon.co.uk/57_rescue.htm

SS

 

[Silver Searcher]

Fantastic......have you done any downed Luftwaffe sites.....If you could go to the site of Rudolf Hess's plane that would be pretty historical.

No...I have contacted a research group who specialise in crashed Halifax Bombers Sorry but I don't quite understand the connection you are refering to


SS

 

[bravowhiskey]

Silver Searcher,

Those power lines going to the old building are sure out of place. If I had such a structure they would have been direct buried and out of sight. That pic is beautiful regardless.
Picking up wrecked aircraft parts will certainly put you into a distinct feel with the history of the crash.
While I was in the service (Marine Corps) we had an aircraft crash and were sent to the area to keep curiosity seekers from picking up ANY pieces. The investigation to follow, needed all, as it was, for cause interpretation. Of course that was not during a war. And it didn't hit a tree.
God bless those fallen military heroes, without whose efforts, we may not be able to enjoy our pursuits, such as metal detecting today.
Best of luck with the rest of the place.

BW

 

[Silver Searcher]

Silver Searcher,

Those power lines going to the old building are sure out of place. If I had such a structure they would have been direct buried and out of sight. That pic is beautiful regardless.
Picking up wrecked aircraft parts will certainly put you into a distinct feel with the history of the crash.
While I was in the service (Marine Corps) we had an aircraft crash and were sent to the area to keep curiosity seekers from picking up ANY pieces. The investigation to follow, needed all, as it was, for cause interpretation. Of course that was not during a war. And it didn't hit a tree.
God bless those fallen military heroes, without whose efforts, we may not be able to enjoy our pursuits, such as metal detecting today.
Best of luck with the rest of the place.

BW

Amen Brother

SS

 

[allen]

wtg on those really interesting crash relics !

 

[shaun7]

Fantastic......have you done any downed Luftwaffe sites.....If you could go to the site of Rudolf Hess's plane that would be pretty historical.

No...I have contacted a research group who specialise in crashed Halifax Bombers Sorry but I don't quite understand the connection you are refering to


SS

In 1941, rudolf hess's plane crashed in Eaglesham, outside Glasgow Scotland. he was trying to negotiate with British officials to keep Britain out of the war.

We were already 2 years into the war by then