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Peak District Air Accident Research

Wellington Mk.III X3348 coded ZL-Z of No.427 Squadron RCAF crashed 26 January 1943 Crashed on Blackden Edge, on Kinder approx 2 mile north of Edale. Whilst returning to RAF Croft from a raid on Lorient.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - if applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Carl Taylor	Flight Lieutenant	Pilot	OK
Lyndon George Southwood	Sergeant	Co-pilot	OK
Don Mortimer	Pilot Officer	Bomb Aimer / Air Gunner	Injured
George Albert Martin	Pilot Officer	Navigator	OK
A. P. Deane	Sergeant (RCAF)	Wireless Operator	Injured
William Lumsden	Sergeant	Air Gunner	OK

Sgt Lumsden was later award the Distinguished Flying Medal. He was killed on the 2nd January 1944 while serving with 156 Squadron, the aircraft he was flying in, Lancaster Mk.III JB476 GT-R was lost on operations against Berlin.

Sergeant Southwood was later commissioned and eventually became a Squadron Leader.

The proof that this wreckage is off X3348, a piece of geodetic, for those who don’t know what geodetic is that’s the X shaped part in the centre.

Scattered wreckage, mainly to the north and west of the trig point on Blackden Edge, from Handley Page Halifax Mk.II HR727 is often confused for the remains of this aircraft but this crash site is some distance from there.

The few remaining pieces gathered on a large patch of peat.

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