One of my site visits in the borders near Welshpool was P-47 42-7960 which crashed in a field near Pencroellyn farm .Llanfair the plane part of a pair flying from Atcham entered low cloud on breaking out the pilot 2nd Lt Arthur. C.Jenkins was faced with the farm house pulling sharply right he had no room left and hit the field the plane broke up over 3 fields with the loss of Lt Jenkins .
After getting a bit lost the very friendly farmer led me to the site,in the field is still a very large impact scar and the gap the plane made in the hedge row it still very visible in 2001 a memorial was dedicated outside the community hall some of Lt Jenkins family were present my thanks to the Farmer who i never got his name but was a great help
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