Comments on: Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Rod

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:28:35 +0000

Wayne,
thanks for the kind words and welcome to the site.
All the best
Rod

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Wayne

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:15:56 +0000

What a lovely site, nice to know the bravery and memories of such brave men are not forgotten, The men who flew these missions sometimes died in awful circumstances nice they are not forgotten. I have always been interested in lancasters and old air sites, i live near skellingthorpe so often go down to the poppies memorial site. Good on you for starting this site, nice to know some still care.

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Richard Robinson

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:08:17 +0000

i have seen that information but wondered if any of you other nice people on here and any further information as when we spoke to i think the RAF history department they had no log of a plane crash at caistor on or around that date. very suspicious we thought at the time. This was a while ago and then this report came up which would maybe explain the lack of info from RAF.

Richard

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: History Hunter

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:56:39 +0000

Richard, if you click the link it will take you back up to other comments about the same plane, which may enlighten you further. Interestingly, there was a female co-pilot at the time! (No jokes please)

http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/lancaster-crashes-in-lincolnshire-lancaster-crash-sites#comment-28112

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Richard Robinson

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:50:25 +0000

i have just found this bit of interesting info.

“Airborne from Hemswell on an air test, crashed at approx 1700 having been seen diving steeply from approx 1000 feet. Destruction was so great that the cause of the accident was not ascertainable by the investigators. Given the non-aircrew status of 5 of those on board, it must be assumed that they were groundcrew who had been invited along on the flight as a ‘jolly’. Noteworthy are the rank of the pilot and the presence onboard of an ATA pilot. W/C E.F.K. Campling DSO DFC KIA, 2nd Officer T. Whittall(ATA) KIA, Sgt T.D. Regan KIA, LAC R.P. Freer KIA, AC1 T. King KIA, AC1 H. Quinton KIA, AC1 A.H. Spiller KIA, AC1 E.R. Steventon KIA, AC2 G.V.F. Killick KIA.”

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Richard Robinson

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:43:58 +0000

thanks rod i am very interested in the history of caistor especially the area around the yarborough school.

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Rod

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:12:49 +0000

Hi Richard,
the information I have to hand is on the site, hopefully more will the forthcoming, welcome to the site Richard
Best
Rod

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Richard Robinson

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:48:02 +0000

Good Afternoon, I work at caistor school and am interested in any information on flight 1LFS R5672 (apr 8 1944) as it is mentioned in headmasters log at school that a ‘halifax’ crashed and burnt out on the school field. I appreciate that this may have been the wrong plane as we have done research and to no luck found a ‘halifax’ crash site in or very close to caistor. We are very interested in finding out as much information as we can as it could be a very important bit of school history. The school was opened in 1938 and therefore would have been fully operational. The site was also used by the home guard.

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: Rod

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:09:16 +0000

Katie,
thank you for taking the time to leave this very moving comment and welcome to the site.
In appreciation
Rod

Comment on Lancaster Crashes in Lincolnshire ~ Lancaster Crash Sites by: katie cliffe

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:51:49 +0000

rod i can supply info on the lancaster crash friday 11th june 1943 (5pm to be precise!).my dad was an 11 year old playing in the trees on the then unspoilt land behind skellingthorpe road which is now tritton road.i have a paper clipping of the crash but even better a very indepth account of this saddest of events as penned at the time by a fred hurt.it is an amazing account…many names including not just the tragic losses but names of witnesses and those who helped rescue who they could.in this case the rear gunner sgt malkin.his rear turret landed upside down in a back garden on royden grove where a 16year old dennis hartley and his mother assisted him.he was the only one of the crew of 7 to survive.there are 4 graves of civilians in st helens church boultham park.i intend to visit the scene of the crash and hope that there is some kind of memorial and one day dad and i will locate the graves of those poor crew members.dad wishes to pay his respects and as a nurse i have cared for many an ex lancaster crew member lucky to survive.my respects are for the dead and the living.i tell them how brave they were and it breaks my heart to hear them say no…just frightened.they were both.please contact me so i may somehow get this information to you.regards katie cliffe