Airspeed Oxford Mk.I AT486 of No.2 Air Observers School, crashed on Caw Fell near Ennerdale on the 2nd November 1941

Airspeed Oxford

 

Charles Des Baillets Sergeant RCAF Pilot Killed
Henry Hodgekinson Leading Aircraftman Observer (trainee) Killed

 

The aircraft was being used for a navigation exercise from RAF Millom on the coast to the south of the Lake District when it flew into Caw Fell.

Crash site of Airspeed Oxford Mk.I AT486 on Caw Fell, Ennerdale
The view from the crash site looking south away from the hill.
Alan with wreckage at the crash site of Airspeed Oxford Mk.I AT486 on Caw Fell
Alan holding one of the undercarriage oleos from the aircraft.