A visit to North Wales with a friend to visit 2 sites near Llangollen the first is one I didn't think i could find easily as information is almost non existent .
This site is on the flanks of Moel y Gamelin, Denbighshire and contains the last remains of Airspeed Oxford X7064 of 11 Advanced Flying Unit RAF Wrexham 20th February 1944 .
X7064 took off at night for a local survey flight with 2 crew the plane was to have stayed local to the airbase and the flight was to have only lasted for about 1 hour but in the dark the crew strayed away from Wrexham and into high ground to the west , the plane was seen in the mountains near Llangollen shortly later an explosion and flames were seen high on Moel y Gamelin, rescuers climbed to the site but sadly both crew were beyond help .
On the slope a small crater holds a collection of pieces of the Oxford others parts are spread over the slope for some distance .
From this site looking west you can make out the scar of my next site.
Crew =
Warrant Officer Robert Mead Sinclair RCAF
Sgt Christopher Bewick , RAuxAF
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