9th October 1941, Saltford Station Yard…

Two Westland Whirlwind fighter aircraft crashed after a mid-air collision.

One was piloted by Pilot Officer Ormonde Hoskins aged 26 of 263 Squadron, flying Whirlwind P6968, operating out of RAF Charmy Down, situated just north of Bath. His aircraft plummeted into the Saltford station yard’s weighbridge and exploded, he died instantly on impact.

The other pilot involved in the collision was Flight Lieutenant Humphrey Coghlan. F/L Coghlan bailed out at 5,000 feet and landed in Weston High Street (on the West side of Bath) his Whirlwind P6999 crashed at Kelston.

Looking for information on P6999, where exactly did she impact, how much was retrieved and has the crash site been surveyed post WWII…

Stu…