AfferGorritt 868 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Hope this is in the right forum. Does anyone know anything about a plane crashing in or near Woodborough in WWII? Any gossip passed down from mums, dads, granmas or granddads? There appears to be some anecdotal evidence, but can't find anything official. Ta. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I've got a link somewhere to plane crashes all over Nottingham. Leave it with me and I'll have a good look through my stuff tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 One of the first results online is from the Woodborough-Heritage site that says that a Wellington bomber came down , possibly in July 1944 . Scroll down to "Fallen Lancaster Bomber" http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/woodboroughheritage/woodboroughinwwii.html “Planes that crashed in Woodborough during the war I am not sure of the dates but I thought it was July 1944. The first one was in the field behind Wood Barn Farm on Lingwood Lane. It was a Wellington bomber returning from a raid over Germany and it ran out of fuel. Then theres another story of two schoolboys , standing on Mapperley Plains, seeing a low flying bomber on fire and crashing but not able to find the wreckage . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 This link, courtesy of airfield information, gives information on page 2 regarding the Wood Barn Farm crash and mentions another Lancaster crash nearby. However, #32 on page 4 has a photo of the Lancaster in question which had seen wartime service but had been posted to the Syerston Lancaster Finishing School School some time earlier. This is the Lancaster that dived straight into the ground from 8000 feet at 2215hrs on the evening of the 26th of May, 1944 :- http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?2233-Lancaster-memorial-Gonalston-Notts-Then-and-Now In this link, courtesy of the same site, two air crashes are detailed that occurred in 1945 at Hoveringham and it would appear that both crews were from the Syerston #5 Lancaster Finishing School. One plane crashed following a double engine failure "with engines on fire" according to witnesses whilst the other was practicing landing and turned too sharply and lost altitude, diving straight into the ground. http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?4591-Hoveringham-Notts-Memorial-to-Lancasters-JB125-amp-LM308/page2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I know this is not from wartime but the aircraft was built in the 1940s. The year was 1984 and 14 members of an aircraft enthusiast club took off from East Mids in a restored 1940s Vickers Varsity heading for Speke Airport in Liverpool. Shortly after take off they encountered engine problems and according to reports the aircraft plummeted 3000ft in a matter of seconds hitting the ground Tragically killing 11 of the 14 people on board Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Tragic, but even so, three survivors in such an accident strikes me as extremely good going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 This was the Varsity [WJ897 / G-BDFT] that crashed near Marchington in Staffordshire. The co-pilot was a business acquaintance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 And guess which one of your members on here was lucky not to have been on board ? During my time in the ATC I was tasked (Community service for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme) with helping on the restoration of G/BDFT. It was done over several years at Newark Air museum (Which wasn't a lot in those days) It was co owned by my former CO Squadron Leader Reid Buckle (Sadly killed in the crash) I enjoyed it that much I continued to help for years after I left. and managed 5 flights in her before the crash. IMMSC it was to overnight at Speke then display at Southport Airshow on the Sunday (Although that bit of my memory is a bit hazy) I had seen S/L Reid Buckle the week previous and he asked if I wanted to go with them , but I had something to do on the Sunday so I had to be home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Affer #1 I had to give you a 'like' but not for the post... your spiffing new avatar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted September 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Thank you, gentlemen for all of your spiffing information! ... and thank you Michael for your "like". I had a mate when a teenager who looked just like Lord Snooty. He used to run as though somebody had tied his arms to his sides. His efforts in a footy kick-around were a joy to behold!! He was a really great mate, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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