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Canberra WK129 Was on a top secret 240-mile radar test
from RAF Pershore,Worcestershire,on the afternoon of
Monday 9th December 1957, when it disappeared from track.
The aircraft, unbeknown to Pershore, had crashed on a
3,195ft peak in the Welsh mountains of Snowdonia, both
the crew of two had perished and a wide spread search was
executed throughout North Wales.
Pilot: F/Lt William Albert Bell. (K)
Navigator: F/Lt Kenneth Charles Frederick Shelley.(K)
At an inquiry into the accident, the cause was deemed
undetermained,but a contributory factor may have been icing.
The Canberra crashed in an area once daubed by the men of the
RAF MRT at Llandwrog during the war, `The Graveyard` because
so many aircraft had crashed in that area where cloud often
shrouds the mountain tops.
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Canberra WK129 -N. Wales
