It is correct that no wreckage has turned up off this aircraft, I have looked for it a few times on different areas of the hill. The only thing I found in the area, besides a christmas tree and a few balloons, was a stainless steel spoon made in Rotherham by a company which no longer exists.

I have tried the 6 AACU ORB for more information but there was nothing, the AM Form 1180 recorded it as No.12 Group (AAC) Flight and I haven’t been able to track down an ORB for this flight yet. There was no mention in the local ORBS (Harpur Hill or Sheffield Balloon Centre).

The pilot was buried in the war graves plot at Manchester Southern Cemetery, he has no individual headstone, the entrie plot is grassed over with the names recorded on a memorial.