Mk I Presentation Spitfire R7154 - is this what's left?
 

I found a post from Doug from 2005 re the above spitfire.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...stle-9979.html

I was searching for details of a wreck I came across on a beach in Scotland recently. I never expected what I found out - fascinating! The Accrington, Church, Oswaldtwistle presentaton Spitfire made a crash landing on the beach at Sandwood Bay in 1942 and I reckon that what I found is the remains of the engine and prop - but would welcome some sort of confirmation.

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The find was all the more fascinating because my wife's family is from Church and her parents may well have contributed to the fund.

I have e-mailed the RAF museum to see if anyone could confirm whether the remains look remotely like a Merlin engine but they have ignored me, I guess they have better things to do.

Any Merlin experts out there?

LeffeBlonde

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[quote=LeffeBlonde;592280]
I was searching for details of a wreck I came across on a beach in Scotland recently. I never expected what I found out - fascinating! The Accrington, Church, Oswaldtwistle presentaton Spitfire made a crash landing on the beach at Sandwood Bay in 1942 and I reckon that what I found is the remains of the engine and prop - but would welcome some sort of confirmation.


The following people may be able to help and might appreciate a few details from you:-

Air Crash Sites Scotland

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[quote=Less;592989]Thanks for that Less I have e-mailed Air Crash Sites Scotland. I'll keep you posted.

The Spitfire definitely crashed at Sandwood Bay. I think the Ossy reference was to a Blenheim.

Thanks for the replies.

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Found two pictures relating to the Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle Spitfire. Chief Officer Crabtree, and 2nd in Command Officer McDowell.

Retlaw

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I have a vague memory back in the '40's of an aircraft propeller on the grassy bank on the left-hand side of the road from Clayton to Rishton - just further on than the paper mill, it was there for years - does anyone else remember it?

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merlin mk45 lying upside down! Ive tried to find it before...its a long drive up there. i hope to go and have another look- any chance you can help with a position? cheers

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Yea , Its on the beach !

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its a very large beach dear sir!

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If nothing else, LeffeBlonde is a superb username.

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sorry its a merlin mk 3...R7154Ia1483EA



Built 26-2-41 ,12MU 1-3-41, 124SQN 7-5-41 Engine cut crashlanded Sandwood Bay Sutherland 30-9-41 Struck off charge 30-3-42
Merlin3

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Can anyone tell me which local history books I could find photos of the Spitfire in?

Great local forum, keep up the good work!

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Which pictures, do you mean these.

Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...t-project8.jpg http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...t-project7.jpg

These are not in any local history books.

Retlaw.

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Sorry, think I posted on the wrong thread.

Any pictures would be of use if you know where the originals came from, but ideally I had in mind this pic from the Mk I Presentation Spitfire R7154 - Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle thread.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...itfire-mk1.jpg

Any idea where the pictures you attached came from?

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Hi RSyme,

The posted photo was a cropped version of the original downloaded off the web, but I first saw the original in a book by a local Historian by the name of John Goddard. The book is an excellent photo archive of Accrington and the surrounding area; it’s a well worth purchase for anyone remotely interested in Accrington or the East Lancs. area.


The Archive Photographs Series

ACCRINGTON

Author; John Goddard

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Yes from my collection of Fire Brigade photographs.

Retlaw.

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John Goddard was formerly the Librarian at Accringon Library.
Retlaw.

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Thanks everyone for your help, I have spoken to John who gave me an absolute wealth of information on the spitfire.

Apparently one of the fund raisers held was a football match between the police & fire brigade and the local air raid wardens, the police team won 13-1.

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Excellent, glad you found what you were looking for. Maybe Mr. Goddard might fancy doing a small publication on the Aircraft. I'd buy it.

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I saw this engine/prop on Sandwood Beach back in 1977. I met a guy with a metal detector who'd just located it buried in the sand. He told us he had found it on a previous visit, and knew of its history, but I only remember him saying that the pilot managed to walk out ok. I can only imagine its the same one. The pictures show exactly where I remember seeing it, north of the two rock outcrops that jut out into the surf. We had to help him dig out around the prop, as this point of the beach is below the waterline of the loch behind, and water constantly seeps into anything you dig.

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More details, and photographs of the crash site on here.

coastrider: Roadtrip 2011; Sandwood bay

The pilot of the Spitfire, Sgt. Kilburn.

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Been to Sandwood Bay, and its a LL of a hike, one sign says 1 1/2 miles, but then they are Scottish miles, which are 4 times longer than ours, from then on it gets rougher.
Retlaw