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Wellington T2715 had been on a night navigation
exercise on 20th August 1942, when the crew
became lost in dense cloud, they were flying at
4,000ft asl, and had decided to make a descent
to 2,000ft in order to pinpoint their position,
however, they did not know that they were over
the Western Pennine chain of hills near Penrith
Cumbria and, on making the descent the Wellington
collided with the moors South of Alston,at Dufton
Fell.
Although the aircraft had broken up and set on
fire on impact with the hill, all 6 crew managed
to clamber out to safety.
Pilot & Navigator were blamed for carelessness,
and were sent on a disciplinary course, though the
weather was partly to blame, as were the pressures
of war no doubt.
This aircraft belonged to 25 OTU and crashed at
22.30 hrs on the 20th August 1942.
Pilot: Sgt B.G.Crew. (Canadian)
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Wellington T2715 - W.Pennines.
