Hurricane V6913 near Coniston.
On 8th December 1941 this 59 Operational Training Unit aircraft pilot became lost flying in cloud and made a forced landing eight miles south west of Ambleside. The distance and direction suggests it was in the Coniston area. Another pilot of the same unit force landed near Ullswater on the same date. The were based at Crosby on Eden.
Pilot - Sgt Frederick Gilbert Woollard RAFVR (1312058).
Frederick Woollard was later posted to 33 Squadron. On 20th April 1942 he crashed Hurricane BG862 and on 3rd July 1942 he crashed Hurricane BE643 after which he appears to have been injured. he later served with 61 OTU and 2 TEU. On 18th July 1944 he crashed 41 Squadron Spitfire MB841 that saw him receive facial injuries. He was treated at East Grinsted Hospital and became one of the Guinea Pig club members.
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