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Re: Crash site of a english airplane
The middle of the 3 unknown items is the primer from a flare. Normally you will only ever find the primer cap because the rest burns away.
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Re: Crash site of a english airplane
A possible loss to check out. Try this one. Wellington JA363 from 221 Squadron lost 30th December 1942. Crew all buried Salerno War Cemetery.
From RAF Commands archived thread in 2002 http://www.rafcommands.com/cgi-bin/d...rum=DCForumID6 Wellington JA363 was posted missing from a Convoy Escort from Luqa. Crew: F/Sgt R B O'Neill RAAF Sgt R Stripe F/Sgt C Wilson RAAF Sgt H W Hewitt Sgt J E Fake Sgt L C Cornwell [end] Check on Commonwealth War Graves Commission for more info no individual crew. Also with two Australians onboard you can order digitised copies of records from the National Archives of Australia. Use the last name and service number for the Australians in the search box. Their records may contain reports by the Missing Research Enquiry Service with more information about what happened. The loss card for this aircraft may be held at RAF Hendon Museum/London and may have serial numbers for the engines. Hope that helps. Regards Linzee |
Re: Crash site of a english airplane
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Many thanks!!! I find record about Wilson in Salerno War Cemetery here: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=2604240 Do you can contact for me National Archives of Australia? I'm not fluent with english language and I think to do errors to email them. About Hendon Museum is possible to contact in some way? Thanks again |
Re: Crash site of a english airplane
A few of the items are familiar.
Image 3 - Type B Electro-magnetic Fuzing Units, part of the bomb release (http://www.iphpbb.com/board/ftopic-8...x79380-62.html) Image 4 (lower item) - Cap off a throttle lever Image 14 & 15 - Ring from a Type P4A Compass Image 20 - 1943 issued ammunition, made by I.C.I. at Kidderminster, type is incendiary. Image 21 - Ammunition made by I.C.I. at Standish, Wigan, type Armour Piercing. |
Re: Crash site of a english airplane
Was the identity of this aircraft clearly established?
Digitzed record for Sgt Colin Wilson at NAA, page 18 mentions one engine serial number. In that file there is also described the difficulties with pinpointing the location Montalto, 2-3 mi SE of Avellino and 15 mi N of Salerno. Google Maps does know a place called Montella, 20 km ESE of Avellino. |
Re: Crash site of a english airplane
For Posterity's sake: The aircraft was Wellington LN385. See records for LN385 at: aircrewremembered.com and lostaircraft.com.
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