Aircrash in 1943

[Malky]

Dunc asked me to put this on the forum.

It's an article from an Australian newspaper about the crash of Wellington bomber LB137 near the Mull of Kintyre lighthouse in 1943.

The file is in .pdf format and you will need Adobe Acrobat reader installed to view it.
By the way, it's quite a large file and you may find that your browser stops responding while reading it, especially if you are on a dialup connection. In that case, I recommend right-clicking on the link and choosing Save As.. from the popup menu. Once saved to your hard drive, you can navigate to the file and double click to open.

http://www.kintyreforum.com/files/mg2408c.pdf

Malky

[Ship called Dignity]

Interesting article.

[Sweltered]

My mother has photos showing quite big sections of the plane, I'm in them so it's not THAT long ago! I remember looking for it again about 10 years ago and all that remained was the same stuff in the article

[Dunc]

Think you have been at the Neptune which crashed in 1956....and is still the same.

Dunc

[chrisduffy]

Interesting story, . I had to smile at the scrap man being told to "Bugger off" .
I heard that there were quite a few crash sites on the Mull and that some thought something there upsets navigation instruments

[Annie]

Not to mention the last one! The helicopter crash with "all the important people" on board!!!!!!!!!

[Dunc]

Off hand there's 11 down there to date I'm afraid.
Lots of idea's but basically they were "lost" in poor Wx I think and got caught out.
Remember the WW2 aircraft had quite basic Nav. gear
Dunc.

[Annie]

Also, the weather by the Mull can change quite quickly and catch even a local off guard!!!!!!!!

[Dunc]

Very true.......many a time I was glad of a particular fence to get back to car....I never let it out of my sight even thou I had a compass.

Dunc

[scotty5945]

I remember working for the forestry commision about 24 years a go and stumbling across the reamins of a Liberator (I think !!). It was behind Ben Gullion somewhere. Any clues ?[/quote]

[Dunc]

Yes was a Liberator..up behind Rhu Stafnish..you're trees cover up all of it but there is still a cross on the site.
Dunc.

[Dunc]

Just as an addon I actually received a letter from a Robert Douglas in Victoria Aussie on Monday about this crash as he was at the site a couple of days later and he managed to fill in a few details.Robert was a farmer at Knockbay during the war if anyone remembers him.

Dunc

[petewick]

The metalic content in the ground also caused these early, lowflying aircraft to crash due to their navigation systems reporting incorrect information


petewick

[Dunc]

Well I've heard that but my compass has always worked perfectly..but then again it's German from a Ju88!! I think simply getting lost is nearer the truth.

Dunc.