
Halifax Bomber memorial ,Great Carrs Lake District England.
N 54° 23.840 W 003° 07.553
30U E 491827 N 6027737
On the 22nd.October 1944 the 8 man crew of Halifax Bomber lost there lives when the aircraft crashed near the summit of Great Carrs mountain.
Waymark Code: WM3J3J
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/10/2008
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The Memorial which is made of parts of the wreckage of the Halifax bomber lies 150 yards South of the summit cairn of Great Carrs, this is the place where on the fateful night,Halifax bomber LL505FD-S crashed,as the aircraft was on night exercise from Topcliff in Yorkshire,and ran into thick cloud,the pilot descended so that the navigator could get a visual fix on the ground below,striking the ridge known as Broad Slack at about 2600 feet,with the loss of the 8 man crew which were 7 Canadians and 1 Brit.
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