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jamesicus · 05-12-2006, 00:57

THE LANCASHIRE AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATION TEAM SITE
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/index.htm
..... has recently been updated to include much new information.

An aircaft crash occured in the Burnley area in mid-war. In the late morning of 1 September 1942, an American P38 (Lockheed Lightning) fighter, which was was part of a flight of several on a training exercise, crashed in the woods near Cliviger. My best friend and I got to the crash location in time to retrieve a few souvenirs before the police arrived to cordon it off:

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/P-38%2041-7669.htm

Another crash occurred in the Burnley area toward the end of the war. In the late afternoon of Monday, 19 February, 1945 an American B24 Liberator bomber crashed on the moors just outside Burnley (Black Hameldon). We went to the scene the next day after the crash (not as I previously reported -- I got this crash mixed up with the previous Lockheed Lightning crash at Cliveger):

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/B-24%2042-50668.htm

I was on August Bank Holiday at Blackpool with my mother in 1941 when the the following mid-air collision over the Central Railway Station occurred. We were at the South Shore Pleasure Beach when the crash occurred and so I did not see it -- but I heard it and we went to the crash site a short time later:

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/Botha-Defiant.htm

The above excellent report is very detailed and accompanied by several great on-the-spot photos.

James

05-12-2006, 00:57	#121
jamesicus Full Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Tucson Arizona Posts: 184 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 43	Re: World War II THE LANCASHIRE AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATION TEAM SITE http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/index.htm ..... has recently been updated to include much new information. An aircaft crash occured in the Burnley area in mid-war. In the late morning of 1 September 1942, an American P38 (Lockheed Lightning) fighter, which was was part of a flight of several on a training exercise, crashed in the woods near Cliviger. My best friend and I got to the crash location in time to retrieve a few souvenirs before the police arrived to cordon it off: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/P-38%2041-7669.htm Another crash occurred in the Burnley area toward the end of the war. In the late afternoon of Monday, 19 February, 1945 an American B24 Liberator bomber crashed on the moors just outside Burnley (Black Hameldon). We went to the scene the next day after the crash (not as I previously reported -- I got this crash mixed up with the previous Lockheed Lightning crash at Cliveger): http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/B-24%2042-50668.htm I was on August Bank Holiday at Blackpool with my mother in 1941 when the the following mid-air collision over the Central Railway Station occurred. We were at the South Shore Pleasure Beach when the crash occurred and so I did not see it -- but I heard it and we went to the crash site a short time later: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/Botha-Defiant.htm The above excellent report is very detailed and accompanied by several great on-the-spot photos. James __________________ Memories of the WW2 Lancashire Home Front Last edited by jamesicus; 05-12-2006 at 01:05.