West Howe: Pilot Hight Road sign
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West Howe: Pilot Hight Road sign
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 30 Jun 2016
The West Howe estate's roads are all surnames of servicemen from the Second World War with a local connection. The only road to have a word before the surname is Pilot Hight Road. Pilot Officer Cecil Hight was a New Zealander who flew Spitfires in the RAF. Coming under fire in August 1940, his aircraft was hit in a major air raid over Bournemouth. It is thought that he diverted his plane to avoid the town centre and it crashed in the Meyrick Park area - he died as a result of parachute failure. (See Image) The modern road sign here has an image of a spitfire - a nice touch.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.759962
Longitude
-1.91474