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Peak District Air Accident Research

Peak District Air Accident Research

Peak District Air Accident Research

 

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

 

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.

 

 

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