Avro Anson DJ275 of No.10 (O)AFU crashed on Sca Fell on the 9th August 1943 while flying from Dumfries.
|
Crew / Passengers |
Rank - If Applicable |
Position e.g. Pilot |
Status |
|
Stanislaw Kowalczyk |
Sergeant PAF |
Pilot |
Killed |
| Thomas William Pickering | Sergeant RCAF | Air Bomber | Killed |
| John Taylor Chadwick | Sergeant | Navigator / Air Bomber | Killed |
| Robert Stanley Deason | Sergeant | Navigator / Air Bomber | Killed |
| Thomas Scorer Wheatley Lawson | Sergeant | Wireless Operator / Air Gunner | Killed |
Thanks to David Earl for providing the crew details for this aircraft.
The crew were on a navigation exercise from Dumfries when they flew into the southern side of Sca Fell above Cam Spout killing all on board.
Most of the remaining wreckage is scattered in the rocks, though there is this small collection of parts, mainly from one of the aircraft's engines.
The item in the photo above is the largest item still at the crash site high on Sca Fell.
Above is the view from the crash site looking east.
Flight Lieutenant Kowalczyk was buried at Dumfries (St Andrew's) Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Sergeants Chadwick and Pickering were buried at Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, below are photographs of their graves.
