Halifax Bomber memorial ,Great Carrs Lake District England. - Plane Crash Sites on Waymarking.com

The Memorial which is made of parts of the wreckage of the Halifax bomber lies 150 yards South of the summit cairn of Great Carrs, this is the place where on the fateful night,Halifax bomber LL505FD-S crashed,as the aircraft was on night exercise from Topcliff in Yorkshire,and ran into thick cloud,the pilot descended so that the navigator could get a visual fix on the ground below,striking the ridge known as Broad Slack at about 2600 feet,with the loss of the 8 man crew which were 7 Canadians and 1 Brit.
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Web Address for Related Web Sites: [Web Link] Date of Crash: 10/22/1944 Aircraft Model: Halifax Bomber LL505FD-S Military or Civilian: Military Tail Number: LL505 Cause of Crash: Bad visibility.

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