Peak District Air Accident Research

Wellington Mk.X HE466 of No.30 Operational Training Unit (OTU) crashed on Foel Grach in the Carneddau above Llyn Dulyn reservoir 13th February 1943 while on a night cross country flight form Hixon.

Above is a photograph of Sergeant George Newton Rafferty, the aircraft's wireless operator.

Image: David Morrison

The crash site of HE466, the two areas of peat in this photo mark where HE466 flew into Foel Grach. 

Above is some of the wreckage at the crash site, there is more wreckage spread for some distance down hill. 

The crew were buried at various cemeteries and churchyards throughout the British Isles, above is Sergeant Frezell's grave at Caernarfon cemetery. 

The Air Gunner, Sergeant Edwin Towler was buried near his home in Bolton and the town's Tongue Cemetery. 

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