On a trip to Lincoln for a steam punk festival I managed to find the locations of 3 sites in and around the city the first is the crash site of Hampden AD 983, 44 Sqn RAF Waddington which crashed onto the staff residence of Lindum Hall School for Girls Greenstone Stairs , Lindnum hill 23 July 1941 .
The Bomber was returning from a mine laying mission to the Frisian Islands at about 4 am the plane was flying over the cathedral when something happened that caused the bomber to fall out of control diving into the residence and exploding the tail fell onto the stairs, the crew of 4 were sadly lost also tragically Miss Edith Fowler, the 49-year-old senior French mistress who was trapped in the building .
Today nothing remains to be seen of this sad incident the building has
long gone I did notice there are some small marks on the walls that may
date from the crash but i was unable to tell nearby but inaccessible
at the time as it was Sunday there is a memorial in Lincoln Christ’s
Hospital School (LCHS)
Crew=
Sgt W.R.B.Relyea RCAF
Sgt D M Bruce
Sgt J A Connolly
Sgt P J Lynch.
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