Peak District Air Accident Research

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIA P7295 of 61 OTU RAF, crashed on Cadair Berwyn on the 14th December 1942 whilst on a training flight from Rednal near Oswestry. The following day a 61 OTU Lysander was destroyed on Cadair Bronwen whilst searching for the Spitfire.

Sergeant Degail survived the cash but had broken both his legs and died of exposure before help arrived.

A photo showing the area in which the aircraft crashed, I am stood where we found some very small fragments.

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