Mosquito DZ698 6.7.1944 Central avenue, Fartown Huddersfield 13 OTU RAF Finmere

On a trip north to pick up a new car i visited 2 sites in and around Huddersfield the first is in the quiet road of Central avenue, Fartown Huddersfield where on the 6.7.1944 Mosquito DZ698 crashed into a house on the corner of West close and Central avenue with the tragic loss of the pilot and 3 civilians on the ground .
DZ698 took off from R.A.F Finmere, Oxfordshire on a single engine handling exercise but deviating from his route the young pilot headed to Fartown where his parents lived in Blackhouse Road, arriving over the area the plane was seen to perform several low passes but on the final pass with no height or speed to recover the planes wing dipped , the Mosquito flipped onto its back and crashed into number 61 totally destroying the house .

The pilots parents witnessed the crash from nearby .

On the street today nothing gives away the terrible events of that day only the new built bungalow on the end of the terrace gives a hint of this sad accident .
Lost =
Pilot F/Lt E.R.James Blezard ,RAFVR
Civilians lost=
Mrs Flora May Dorothy Leighton (40)
her son Rodney Bracken Leighton (5) both of 51 Central Avenue and Mrs Henrietta Victoria Udell of number 61 West close