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Bristol Beaufighter T. F. Mk.X JM223 of No.9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, dived into the ground on Croglin Fell in the North Pennines to the east of Carlisle on the 4th July 1943 while on a training flight from Crosby on Eden near Carlisle
Herman Joe Carver
Flying Officer RCAF
Pilot
Killed
Roderick Alfred Sedgley
Flying Officer
Navigator
Killed
Only small fragments of wreckage from the aircraft remain at the site today along the panel visible in the photo. The depression in which the parts lie is probably the one caused by the crash.Flying Officer Herman Carver’s grave at Carlisle (Dalston Rd) Cemetery.