collision of P-47C ,41-6233 and P-47C 42-74640 of the 551st, FTS 495th FTG on the 23rd September 1944 Tibberton Green , Newport

From the summer a walk out to find if anything shows in the landscape at Tibberton Green , Newport, Shropshire  of the collision of P-47C ,41-6233 and P-47C 42-74640 of the 551st, FTS 495th FTG on the 23rd September 1944 , the planes flying from nearby RAF Atcham Shropshire were in a four ship formation when bounced by 2 other P-47's the lead ordered a break to starboard but sadly 2 Lt J.Heagney in number 4 position turned in erro to port colliding with number 3 flown by 2 LT D.E.Casebier both planes crashed almost immediately with the loss of both pilots.

At the site which is now part of a big agricultural college this was about as close as i could get to the site of 42-74640's impact point there is a change in growth at the grid ref i had but i could see nothing more to mark the tragic days events