From today's trip out on Eli to see what remains of Avro Anson N5019,
15 OTU which crashed High above the Elan valley , Wales on the slopes of
Y Gamriw during a night training flight at 23.30 hrs on the 10/07/1940
the accident report shows that the crew had been passed a report by a
ground observer that they were over England and clear of high ground
sadly not they were still deep in the mountains, of the 5 crew 4 lost
their lives in the crash the surviving crew member a S
gt A. Smith crawled badly injured down the mountain and found help
At the site a shallow burn area with a few larger bits of panel remain
after a surface search some more recognizable little bits were seen ,
lower down the slope there are a few more remains
Lost on N5019
Sgt C J. DENT
Sgt H. Hannan
P/O T C. Watson
Sgt A. Williams
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