Armstrong Whitley V BD257 7/9/43 Sleap Airfield Shropshire , Wartime aircraft recovery group museum

I had chance to visit Sleap airfield Shropshire to visit the Wartime aircraft recovery group museum a fantastic collection plus the nearby cafe is excellent and also the site of the loss of Armstrong Whitley V BD257 which crashed into Sleaps control tower on the 7/9/43 during takeoff the plane veered left a trait of the type, over correcting the pilot lost control and the plane ran at high speed over the grass hitting the windsock and tower exploding in flames, tragically one of the sites fire trucks and a 30 cwt truck were also destroyed .

                                           

In this sad accident
F/O. R W. Browne
F/O. E L. Ware RCAF
Sgt. W D. Kershaw
Sgt. E. Young
were lost in the bomber
Sgt. S. Williams was injured
In the Control Tower and ground vehicles
Cpl. N W. Peate
ACW2. K M. Ffoukles WAAF
ACW2. V. Hughes WAAF
were lost with
LACW. A B. Jowett WAAF. Injured
ACW2. H. Hall WAAF. Injured