The field where the Vickers Wellington DV455 crashed before skewing on to the road and hitting a car
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The field where the Vickers Wellington DV455 crashed before skewing on to the road and hitting a car
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 3 May 2009
The accident happened at 14.25 on the afternoon of Monday, 19, July, 1943 and cost the lives of the local GP, his wife and mother-in-law. By sheer coincidence, a Vampire T11 jet from RAF Valley crashed in the same field on the 24th of April, 1961, fortunately with no loss of life. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.318293
Longitude
-4.510031