Avro Anson Mk.I N9853 of No.16 FTS crashed on Edale Moor, Kinder Scout, 11th December 1944 while flying from RAF Newton to Millom

 

Aleksander Chelstowski Flight Lieutenant PAF Pilot Injured
Adam Wladyslaw Mecinski Flight Lieutenant PAF Passenger OK
Witold Ludwik Suida Flight Lieutenant PAF Passenger Injured
Jan Zygmunt Kilmczak Flying Officer PAF Passenger Injured
Stefan Pasinski Flight Sergeant PAF Wireless Operator Injured

 

The pilot was flying a number of the staff from the No.16 (Polish) Flying Training School base at Newton in Nottinghamshire to RAF Millom on the Cumbrian coast. While in cloud the aircraft struck the ground on Edale Moor and over turned. four of those onboard received minor injuries but none were seriously injured, after they were led off the hill they were transferred to the RAF Hospital at Wilmslow for treatment before being returned to Newton.

Wreckage at the crash site of Avro Anson Mk.I N9853 on Edale Moor, Kinder Scout
Gully where most of the wreckage from N9853 was dumped.

After the crash the wreckage was broken up, later in 1955 after a request from the recently formed Peak District National Park the crash sites on Kinder and the surrounding area were again visited by an RAF recovery team, from No.34 MU at Stoke Heath in Shropshire, they spent much of that summer cutting up and disposing of wreckage. It is believed that this aircraft is one which was visited during that or the following summer.

Wreckage at the crash site of Avro Anson Mk.I N9853 on Edale Moor, Kinder Scout
Most of the wreckage from the aircraft after bring cut up was dumped in a very boggy watercourse near the summit of Edale Moor.
Armstrong Siddeley engine at the crash site of Avro Anson Mk.I N9853 on Edale Moor, Kinder Scout
The remains of both of the cheetah radial engines along with many other small fragments of metal and wood can be found in the gully.
Armstrong Siddeley engine at the crash site of Avro Anson Mk.I N9853 on Edale Moor, Kinder Scout
This photo from 2009 shows the upper of the two engines, rolled slightly to one side from the earlier photo.
Armstrong Siddeley engine at the crash site of Avro Anson Mk.I N9853 on Edale Moor, Kinder Scout
Above is a photograph of the second engine.
Armstrong Siddeley engine at the crash site of Avro Anson Mk.I N9853 on Edale Moor, Kinder Scout
The second engine has also remained in roughly the same location over the years, though it is now forming a barrier across the gully.