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Avro Lancaster NE132
This appropriately sombre picture shows the memorial to the crew of Lancaster NE132 at the site of their fatal 6th February 1945 crash.
It lies in the middle of an extensive (but nevertheless hard to find) wreckage trail down the flank of Rhinog Fawr in South Snowdonia, Wales.
It's pretty accessible by high ground wreck site standards, though the 50mph winds and driving rain reduced accessibility a bit for us last Saturday. Without assistance from Matt ZX, we'd undoubtedly have blanked here as we did on our last attempt. The site is a very long way from the High Ground Wrecks coordinates.
Is it perhaps something to do with the fact that the bodies of two members of the crew were never recovered that the Snowdonia scrap-merchants never raided this site, was it because all of the (so beloved by amateur archaeologists) engines were smashed to bits on impact, or was it because they just couldn't find it? We certainly know of a few other wreckologists who aren't squeamish about digging up bodies.
For whatever reason, most of the 'plane and some of the crew are still there on the hillside, rather than gracing some sad anorak's shed.
With the new rules from CADW, they will hopefully now remain undisturbed for years to come.
Location: SH 63736 28879
peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/avro-lancaster-ne13...
Avro Lancaster NE132
This appropriately sombre picture shows the memorial to the crew of Lancaster NE132 at the site of their fatal 6th February 1945 crash.
It lies in the middle of an extensive (but nevertheless hard to find) wreckage trail down the flank of Rhinog Fawr in South Snowdonia, Wales.
It's pretty accessible by high ground wreck site standards, though the 50mph winds and driving rain reduced accessibility a bit for us last Saturday. Without assistance from Matt ZX, we'd undoubtedly have blanked here as we did on our last attempt. The site is a very long way from the High Ground Wrecks coordinates.
Is it perhaps something to do with the fact that the bodies of two members of the crew were never recovered that the Snowdonia scrap-merchants never raided this site, was it because all of the (so beloved by amateur archaeologists) engines were smashed to bits on impact, or was it because they just couldn't find it? We certainly know of a few other wreckologists who aren't squeamish about digging up bodies.
For whatever reason, most of the 'plane and some of the crew are still there on the hillside, rather than gracing some sad anorak's shed.
With the new rules from CADW, they will hopefully now remain undisturbed for years to come.
Location: SH 63736 28879
peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/avro-lancaster-ne13...