Longside Edge serial) Memorial
Longside Edge, Keswick, Cumbria / Lake District
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Longside Edge, Keswick, Cumbria / Lake District, Cumbria / Lake District
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Wellington X3336 took off from RAF Pershore at 1838 on 16 December 1942 on a navigation exercise and crashed on Longside Edge on Skiddaw at approximately 2325. The crew had missed a turn point, possibly over Lancaster, and were about 40 miles off track over high ground when the bomber struck the ridge top and exploded.
Serial identified as X3336Took off from RAF Pershore at 1838Crashed at 2325 on Longside Edge, Skiddaw40 miles off trackNavigation exercise
Photographic documentation of the Wellington X3336 crash site on Longside Edge. The crew included F/Sgt Reginald Bellew (pilot), P/O Anthony Higgins RCAF (navigator), P/O Ronald Goodwin (navigator), Sgt Arthur Dubben (observer), Sgt George Hicks (W/Op AG), and Sgt Richard Lawton RCAF (air gunner). Only fragments and .303 ammunition remain at the site.
Crew of six all killedTwo RCAF members: Higgins and LawtonWreckage fragments and .303 rounds still present at site
Listed among Lake District military aircraft crash sites with details of the crash location on Longside Edge near Keswick.
Catalogued as Lake District crash site
Sources
- chriswaldron.co.uk(website)
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