Tag: Avenger

 

Crash site of Grumman Avenger Mk.I FN821 on Trum y Fawnog, Llangynog, the Berwyn Mountains, Powys - Peak District Air Accident Research

3rd February 1944
Avenger Mk.I FN821
No.848 Sqn, RN
Trum y Fawnog, Powys

Grumman Avenger Mk.I FN821 / 4K of No.848 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, crashed on Trum y Fawnog near Llangynog on the 3rd February 1944 The aircraft is reported to … Continue reading “1944-02-03|Avenger Mk.I|FN821|No.848 Sqn, RN|Trum y Fawnog, Powys”

Wreckage from the aircraft on the Wastwater Screes below Great Gully

16th January 1945
Avenger Mk.II JZ390
No.763 Sqn, RN
Great Gully, Wastwater

The crew were on a night training flight from RNAS Inskip on the Fylde between Preston and Blackpool and while flying south along the west coast of the Lake District … Continue reading “1945-01-16|Avenger Mk.II|JZ390|No.763 Sqn, RN|Great Gully, Wastwater”