A Hawker Typhoon similar to that which crashed above
Lochwinnoch, around 35 miles WSW of Paisley,Scotland.
Typhoon DN365 had been on a routine training exercise
on 24th January 1943, when in mist & low cloud over
the hills north of Lochwinnoch, it flew into Queenside
Hill killing the pilot.
Up until quite recently the identity of the aircraft
on Queenside hill had been a bit of a mystery, some
thinking it was a Hurricane, others thought it was a
Typhoon. On a visit to the crash site in September
2002, with a local Muirsheil Ranger, the author found
two pieces of wreckage, one was a prop & gear from
what looked to be a little large for a Hurricane, and
the other, an alloy panel which was definately from
a Hurricane.
It was in fact discovered soon after this visit, that
the panel is in fact from a Hurricane crash, but not
this one, in fact the panel had been carried to the
site by an aviation group, for the purpose of recovering
the prop` gear, but when bad weather set in, it was
abandoned and forgotten about.
Pilot of DN365. F/O Steven A.N. Gould. (K)
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Typhoon DN365 - S.Scotland
