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Friday, 13 April 2018

Oxford MP299 flying from HMS Godwit , RNAS Hinstock , Shropshire on the 2nd Jan,1944 Lt Cdr J.C.V.K.Watson RNVR , Sub Lt R.C.Reeder RNVR

 Another Wrekin visit this time to the site of the crash of Oxford MP299 flying from HMS Godwit , RNAS Hinstock , Shropshire on the 2nd January , 1944 the crew of 2 Lt Cdr J.C.V.K.Watson RNVR , pilot instructor and student Sub Lt R.C.Reeder RNVR were on 'lorenz' beam approach training when it entered a spin from 2.000ft possibly due to turbulence from the nearby high ground and crashed into Limekiln woods , Steeraway with the loss of both crew .
the plane impacted in the area in the first picture but as its now in the grounds of a golf course i didn't have a nose for any parts that may remain i then went to Hinstock to find Lt Watsons grave

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