Wellington Mk.III X3348 coded ZL-Z of 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

D. 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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