Hawker Hunter TMk.7 G-BTYL , ex RAF XL595 .Brusten croft moor peak district

 The second site of my peaks visit was further up the lonely Brusten croft moor this is the final resting place of Hawker Hunter TMk.7 G-BTYL , ex RAF XL595 .
The plane flown by W.Cubitt on a flight from RAF Coltishall to Warton airfield on the 11,June,1993 for the 40th anniversary of the Hunter, weather on this day was poor to bad and Mr Cubitt had checked in numerous times to see if conditions maybe improving . later with time pressing the pilot decided to fly his route maybe hoping to find clear or a broken cloud route over the hills .
Sadly the plane encountering very bad weather fell into a dive above the high ground of Broomhead moor impacting at 400+knots into the banks of a stream totally disintegrating and leaving a large crater Mr Cubitt was sadly lost with the plane

 On the moors today the crater is easily seen from some distance away due to the shining aluminum bits closer the PSP planking still sticking out of the site is very visible the ground around the crater is still littered with fragments but the most troubling when sat at the edge with Tricia part of a shoe with some other parts , everything was left as found

Wellington DV810 from 21 OTU , RAF Edge hill .Broomhead Moor near Sheffield Dec 9, 1942

 From my trip north to the moors with the the Tricia , this is the first of 3 sites I managed to visit .
On  are the small remains of Wellington DV810 from 21 OTU , RAF Edge hill .
Plane took off in very poor weather for a night navigation exercise on Dec 9, 1942   the training crew over seen by Flight Officer Stanley 'Tubby ' Baker [who had argued against the flight even taking place until ordered by higher command] became lost in the worsening conditions later in the flight the radio picked up a Barrage balloon warning beacon they had wandered into a industrial area, Baker took over the controls and flying east to get over the coast , later believing they were over the sea he let down to get a fix but breaking cloud the bomber hit the flat moor of Broomhead skidding to a stop and bursting into flames the crew exited the wrecked plane all thankfully survived .

 On the moor the site looked unchanged from pictures taken some years ago a burn area littered with interesting small parts and a collection of Armour and i believe a brake component nearby ? after a little walk around i found quite a few .303 heads and blown cases, buckles and a copper winding

Crew=
P/O Stanley 'Tubby ' Baker, [Later Wing commander, DSO and Bar DFC and bar]
F/Sgt Donald Norman Dawson
F/Sgt Walter Samuel Sinclair
Sgt Alan Gordon Allwright
Sgt Ronald Douglas Weeks
F/Sgt Anthony St Clair Turner

Spitfire Va X4669 , ' Sir Walter ' 27th March,1943 Kingsnordley ,Bridgnorth ,Shropshire

On my trip home from the snowy North I stopped off to see if i could find a site.

This patch of broken hedge in a quiet lane near Kingsnordley ,Bridgnorth ,Shropshire is the crash site of Spitfire Va X4669 , ' Sir Walter ' from the 109th Observation Squadron ,6th Fighter wing ,RAF Attcham the plane on a local aerobatics fight on the 27th March,1943 ran into difficulties due to a glycol leak the pilot struggled to force land the failing aircraft but either over come by fumes or visibility did not see the sunken lane crashing through the hedge the Plane broke up on impact with the other side of the lane Killing the young pilot F/o John.L. Becker USAAF.