Avro Anson EG170 from 3 A.F.U , R.A.F Halfpenny Green,Sgt [KPL] Paluch Włodzimierz Marian , Brandnwood Cemetary

One from before the current problems .

The 3rd of August 1943 was over cast with low bases to the clouds, a lone Avro Anson EG170 from 3 A.F.U , R.A.F Halfpenny Green,Staffordshire took off into the weather for a local training flight .

The pilot Sgt [KPL] Paluch Włodzimierz Marian trying to stay below the clouds and maintain contact with the ground flew low over high ground near the village of Kinver but sadly the clouds dropped very low over Castle Hill, Kingsford it was here that Anson EG170 impacted sloping ground and slid into woodlands mortally injuring the young pilot who passed away on the 4th.

 At the site nothing can be seen from the footpath and it isn't possible to get too close as it is on private ground after talking to a Friendly estate worker I did manage to get a couple of pictures near where the plane crashed but the worker knew nothing more a local told me some years back that parts were still around on the hill but where I have no idea ,In Brandwood End Cemetery Birmingham Sgt Paluchs now lies in a small collection of Polish graves