WW2 Aircraft crash sites

Number 6 said:
Although not in Ireland, here's another one close to me. An early RAF P51 Mustang, AP208, which flew into high ground in 1942 killing the pilot, a 29 year old Canadian.

These pictures are from 2009 and 2005 when there was quite a lot of wreckage still on the moor. The engine is probably buried there too, it wouldn't have been worth the effort to recover it from that location. (It was an Allison V-1710 28 litre V12, not a Merlin.) There's also another B24 Liberator, 42-100322, five miles east of this site.

Co-ordinates are N53 57 05.4 W2 35 55.0

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Looking backwards from the direction of travel.

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I live just beyond the tallest hill in the far distance on the right of the picture. (Pendle Hill)
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I called in to the Ulster Aviation Society to renew my membership and had a look around the hangars whilst there. I was impressed to see the progress made on the WW2 Wildcat which is almost complete now.

For those of you who are interested in the history of this aircraft, a brief summary: it was based at RAF Long Kesh with 882 Sqn when it had an engine fire on Christmas Eve 1944, on a short flight to Lough Neagh for some dive-bombing and gunnery practice. The pilot ditched in Portmore Lough, a large lake close to Lough Neagh and was rescued in a rowing boat by a local family.

The aircraft's wreckage remained partially hidden and submerged for decades in the muddy waters around the edge of the Lough until it was salvaged in 1984 by a British Army Air Corps' Lynx (possibly because the a/c was still fully armed and there were concerns that it may fall into the wrong hands during The Troubles).

The Wildcat was donated to the Aviation Society who have worked tirelessly to restore it. They even found the pilot, then 83-years-old named Peter Lock and re-united him with his aircraft.

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shuck raider said:
I called in to the Ulster Aviation Society to renew my membership and had a look around the hangars whilst there. I was impressed to see the progress made on the WW2 Wildcat which is almost complete now.

For those of you who are interested in the history of this aircraft, a brief summary: it was based at RAF Long Kesh with 882 Sqn when it had an engine fire on Christmas Eve 1944, on a short flight to Lough Neagh for some dive-bombing and gunnery practice. The pilot ditched in Portmore Lough, a large lake close to Lough Neagh and was rescued in a rowing boat by a local family.

The aircraft's wreckage remained partially hidden and submerged for decades in the muddy waters around the edge of the Lough until it was salvaged in 1984 by a British Army Air Corps' Lynx (possibly because the a/c was still fully armed and there were concerns that it may fall into the wrong hands during The Troubles).

The Wildcat was donated to the Aviation Society who have worked tirelessly to restore it. They even found the pilot, then 83-years-old named Peter Lock and re-united him with his aircraft.

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Thanks for the post, very interesting.
I have added the museum to the map for others to find this worthy cause 👍

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