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Peak District Air Accident Research

Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600 coded L3 of No.25 OTU crashed in Borrowdale south of Keswick on the 4th September 1942.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - if applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
William Bruce Sage	Flight Sergeant RCAF	Pilot	Killed
George Edward Derbyshire	Flight Sergeant RCAF	Navigator	Killed
Jack Lionel Brovender	Sergeant RCAF	Bomb Aimer	Killed
James Anderson	Flight Sergeant RCAF	Wireless Operator / Air gunner	Killed
Henry Brown Burnett	Sergeant RAFVR	Wireless Operator / Air gunner	Killed

The crew of DV600 were tasked with a night cross county flight, they departed RAF Finningley near Doncaster at about 21:00. At around 22:30 the aircraft flew into the wooded slopes on High Doat near Seatoller. To crash where the aircraft did it must have been descending from the north as it would have otherwise struck one of the higher mountains which surround the area.

Very little remains today at the crash site, this is one of the few items we found during our search of the very steep and wet slope the aircraft ploughed into.

Above is where the items shown above of was found.

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