Douglas DC-3 Dakota G-AMVC of BKS Air Transport Ltd, crashed on Croglin Fell in the North Pennines whilst on route to Crosby on Eden on the 17th October 1961.
The aircraft had been chartered to take a party of farmers and agricultural workers who were visiting the Lever Brothers Farm in Flintshire (probably flying into Hawarden) it was on its way from Woolsington via Yeadon to Crosby on Eden when it crashed.
|
Crew / Passengers |
Rank - if applicable |
Position e.g. Pilot |
Status |
|
H. E. Mose |
Captain |
Pilot |
Killed |
|
A. Francis |
First officer |
Co-pilot |
Killed |
|
C. N. Wildman |
Second officer |
Radio Operator |
Killed |
|
Valerie Christian |
N/A |
Air Hostess |
Killed |
Parts from G-AMVC as gathered up into a number of pits, this is the one that contains most wreckage. When walking around on the moss you can hear the crunching of metal so parts from the aircraft are buried all over the site.
A view of another of the pits.