IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Caythorpe Heath, GRANTHAM, NG32 3EU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Caythorpe Heath, NG32 3EU by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (7 Images Found)
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Memorial to the crew of Stirling LJ450, 12 April 1944
1654 HCU. (Heavy Conversion Unit), Stirling LJ450 UG-F, had departed RAF Wigsley for a long-range night Navex, (Navigation Exercise) on 12/04/1944, combined with some bombing practise on Bassingham Fen range.
Whilst operating over the range it was intercepted by a Luftwaffe Me410 intruder and shot down.
The aircraft crashed at Caythorpe Heath at 0125hrs. Four of the eight-man crew were killed, the others were injured but survived.
The crew who died were:
Pilot; Flt Sgt. Joseph John Gordon NICHOLSON, RAFVR, age 28
Navigator; Sgt. John Ernest LOWE, RAFVR, age 22
Bomb Aimer; Sgt. Gwilym John LEWIS, RAFVR, age 20
Air Gunner; Sgt. Kenneth Lowe MacFARLANE, RAFVR, age 20
Crew who managed to bail out:
Sgt. DURHAM,
Sgt. HOWELL,
Sgt. ROWLAND,
Sgt. HAMILTON
The copse in which the memorial is situated has been allowed to grow up around the crash site as a memorial by the Theaker family who witnessed the crash and "in respect for those who sacrificed so much."
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 8 Jun 2020
0.06 miles
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The undulating topography near the memorial to the crew of Stirling LJ450
Very close by is the memorial to the crew of Stirling LJ450
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6503576
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 8 Jun 2020
0.10 miles
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View from Caythorpe Heath Lane
This view is from the road across Caythorpe Heath from Ermine Street to Caythorpe. Here it is known as Caythorpe Heath Lane.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 12 Aug 2017
0.13 miles
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Changed Name Farm
Hill Top Farm went by the name of Caythorpe Heath Farm according to the 1940s OS map.
Image: © Michael Patterson
Taken: 28 Jul 2006
0.15 miles
5
The gates and lodge to Caythorpe Court
Caythorpe Court has undergone many changes from private house and farm to agricultural college to a branch of De Montfort University to a children's holiday centre.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 3 Jun 2011
0.18 miles
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Alongside Caythorpe Heath Lane
This view is next to the road across Caythorpe Heath from Ermine Street to Caythorpe. Caythorpe Heath Lane is just the other side of the hedge on the left.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 12 Aug 2017
0.24 miles
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Combine harvesters at work
This view is from the road across Caythorpe Heath from Ermine Street to Caythorpe. Two combine harvesters are at work.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 12 Aug 2017
0.24 miles