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Aircraft accidents in the English Lake District.

This is an on-going holiday project, there is no proper internet coverage of any of the losses in the Lake District. This list is one purely of crash sites that I have located and done limited research into the crews and their loss.

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Date	Aircraft	Serial No. & Sqn Code	Base	Unit	Crash Location (click for details)
22/12/1926	Avro 585	G-EBPH	Woodford	Civilian	Helvellyn
04/06/1937	Vickers Vildebeest MkIII	K4607	Filton/Donibristle	22 Sqn	Gunson Knott, Crinkle Crags
05/06/1937	Hawker Hind	K6614	West Freugh/Hucknall	98 Sqn	Threshthwaite Cove
31/03/1941	Hurricane MkI	V6987	Northolt	601 Sqn	Glenridding
31/03/1941	Hurricane MkI	V7539	Northolt	601 Sqn	Scar Crags, Causey Pike
12/08/1941	Hurricane MkI	V6565	Usworth	55 OTU	Slight Side, Scafell
12/08/1941	Hurricane MkI	V7742	Usworth	55 OTU	Slight Side, Scafell
08/09/1941	Hector	K8096	Binbrook	1 SAC	Red Pike, Wasdale
10/11/1941	Oxford MkI	AT486	Millom	2 AOS	Caw Fell
08/02/1942	Wellington MkIc	T2714	Wellesbourne Mountford	22 OTU	Burn Tod, Knott
04/09/1942	Wellington MkIc	DV600 ?-L3	Finningley	25 OTU	High Doat, Borrowdale
01/10/1942	Anson	DJ410	West Freugh	4 AOS	Windy Gap, Great Gable
02/11/1942	Hudson MkV	AM680 B-68	Silloth	1 OTU	Beda Head
17/12/1942	Wellington MkIII	X3336	Pershore	23 OTU	Ullock Pike, Skiddaw range
23/04/1943	Hurricane MkI	AG275	Annan	55 OTU	Brim Fell
23/04/1943	Hurricane MkI	AG264	Annan	55 OTU	Brim Fell
09/08/1943	Anson MkI	DJ275	Dumphries (or Brampton)	10 (O)AFU	Scafell
09/08/1943	Anson MkI	DJ222	Dumphries (or Brampton)	10 (O)AFU	Green Gable
14/09/1943	B17-E Flying Fortress	41-9051	Alconbury	813 BS, 482 BG, 8th AF	Skiddaw
15/11/1943	Beaufighter MkVIc	EL285	Crosby on Eden	9 OTU	Wolf Crags, Threlkeld Common
24/01/1944	Halifax MkII	JP182	Ringway	14 FPP	Scot Crag
30/01/1944	Anson	MG393	Jurby	A.N. & B.S.	Starling Dodd, Buttermere
20/03/1944	Anson MkI	EG686	Cark	25 SPTU	Swirl How
16/06/1644	Wellington MkX	HZ715	Stratford-upon-Avon	22 OTU	Red Pike (Buttermere)
22/10/1944	Halifax MkV	LL505 FD-S	Topcliffe	1659 HCU	Great Carrs
02/01/1945	Anson MkI	LT741	Walney Island	10 AGS	Black Combe Screes
10/02/1945	Mosquito MkXII	HK141	Cranfield	51 OTU	Striding Edge
30/08/1946	Domonie	X7394	RNAS Donibristle	782 Sqn, RNAS	Broad Crag, Scafell Pike
12/03/1947	Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor	44-47194	Prestwick	371st ASG, USAF	Black Combe
20/11/1947	Spitfire MkXVI	SL611	Turnhouse?	603 Aux Sqn	Ill Crag, Scafell Pike
29/06/1959	Canadair Sabre MkVI	23380	???	421 Sqn RCAF	Iron Crag
22/02/1966	Cessna 150	G-ASYH	Blackpool	Blackpool & Fylde Aero Group	Black Combe
17/09/1966	Piper Cherokee	G-ASEK	London	J.B.Wimble Aviation	Esk Hause, Scafell Pike
09/12/1982	Jet Provost	XW417	Church Fenton	7 FTS	Thirlmere
03/06/1983	AJEP Tailwind W-8	G-BALR	Potters Bart, Herts	Mr D Elmer	Steeple, Ennerdale
29/11/1987	Piper Saratoga	G-BNJS	Speke?	M.M. & G. Aviation	Bow Fell
13/02/1991	Piper Cherokee Arrow	G-IPJC	Stapleford	PJC Leasing	Skiddaw
11/01/1992	Cessna 172	G-AVXX	Hexham	Golden Simple Ltd	Clough Head Fell, Threlkeld Common

Some in Scotland visited while on holiday over a number of years. Many of these sites yield more wreckage compared to Yorkshire incidents and locating these sites has proven useful in identifing aircraft in Yorkshire.

Date	Aircraft	Serial No. & Sqn Code	Base	Unit	Crash Location (click for details)
24/10/1940	Wellington MkIa	L7775	Lossiemouth	20 OTU	Beinn a'Bhuird, Cairngorms
27/02/1941	Whitley MkV	P4996 EY-?	Dishforth	78 Sqn	Scurr nan Ceannaichean, Glen Carron, Wester Ross
13/04/1941	Anson MkI	N9857 XF-F	Kinloss	19 OTU	Ben More Assynt
07/08/1941	Anson MkI	R9584 ZT-J	Lossiemouth	20 OTU	Glen Avon, Cairngorms
30/09/1941	Spitfire MkI	R7154	Castletown	124 Sqn	Sandwood Bay
13/02/1942	Wellington MkIc	T2707 JM-Z	Lossiemouth	20 OTU	Glen Affric
21/08/1942	Anson MkI	DJ106	Kinloss	19 OTU	Ben MacDui, Cairngorms
31/01/1943	Whitley MkV	LA837 ??-F	Kinloss	19 OTU	Hills of Cromdale, Moray
03/06/1943	B26	41-34707 YU-?	Ferry Flight	455 B.Sqn, 322 B.Grp.	Beinn na Feusaige, Glen Carron, Wester Ross
25/08/1943	Hampden	P2118 Z9-D	Wick	519 Sqn	Ben Loyal
12/10/1943	Oxford MkI	HM724	Dalcross	19 (P)AFU	Braeriach, Cairngorms
14/08/1944	Wellington MkIII	HF816 ??-A	Lossiemouth	20 OTU	Bynack More, Cairngorms
10/01/1945	Oxford MkI	PH404	Tain	311 Sqn	Beinn a'Bhuird, Cairngorms
22/03/1945	Blenheim MkIV	Z7356	Longman	526 Sqn	Braeriach, Cairngorms
13/06/1945	B24	42-95095	???	66 B.Sqn, 44 B.Grp, 9th USAAF	Sidhean Mor, Gairloch, Wester Ross
14/03/1951	Lancaster	TX264 BS-D	Kinloss	120 Sqn	Beinn Eighe, Ross & Cromarty

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