By: Moggy C - 26th September 2015 at 21:32
If you want some closer pics it’s about 10 miles from me moggy
Thanks Tony.
I am just fronting here for Steve Bridgewater. I think he lives in the area so can do that stuff for himself.
EotS – Thank you. Myself or Steve will get back to you.
Moggy
By: Eye on the Sky - 26th September 2015 at 18:35
Moggy, if there is anything specific you wish to know, please drop me a PM and I’ll see what I can do.
Dean
By: critter592 - 26th September 2015 at 01:35
And about two miles from me. 🙂
I think I have photos of the plaque commemorating LJ630’s crew on file…
Moggy – You have a PM, sir.
Close-up of the plaque on the war memorial in Stanton-by-Dale Churchyard:
Plaque adjacent to lamp column on the approach road:
By: TonyT - 25th September 2015 at 23:12
If you want some closer pics it’s about 10 miles from me moggy
By: Moggy C - 25th September 2015 at 22:43
That I hadn’t seen. How emotive is it?
You can’t help wondering if F/Sgt Cox thought that the number 630 was lucky for him?
Moggy
By: wieesso - 25th September 2015 at 18:16
Indeed.
The question was not unrelated.
Moggy
This incident touched me – have found this too https://derbyshirewarmemorials.wikispaces.com/Stanton+by+Dale
Especially this one https://derbyshirewarmemorials.wikispaces.com/W.+COX
Martin
By: Moggy C - 25th September 2015 at 18:01
Indeed.
The question was not unrelated.
Moggy
By: wieesso - 25th September 2015 at 17:59
Moggy, you certainly know this thread http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?127795-Crash-of-Short-Stirling-LJ630-Stanton-By-Dale-31-08-44
Martin
By: Moggy C - 25th September 2015 at 09:41
Many thanks.
Moggy 😀
By: MJW - 25th September 2015 at 09:38
From Chorley:
31 August 1944
1654 HCU
Stirling III LJ630
Training
P/O B G Wilkinson RAAF +
F/S W E J Cox +
Sgt J Lambell +
Sgt R G Alexander +
Sgt A Hughes +
F/S P D Arthur RAAF +
Sgt T H Westhead +
T/o 2325 Wigsley for what is described as a long cross-country. Crashed twenty-five minutes later with, according to eyewitness reports, one of the starboard engines ablaze, at Stanton by Dale, 6 miles WSW from Nottingham. The two RAAF members of the crew rest in Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, while the others, less Sgt Westhead where buried in Thorney (St. Helen) Churchyard, a burial ground that was used on at least six occasions by Wigsley ‘twixt March 1943 and January 1945. Sgt Hughes had been attached from 25 (Pilots) Elementary Flying Training School.
Regards, Malcolm.
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th September 2015 at 09:31
Not from Chorley’s BCL, but the AWM website:
On the 31st August 1944, Stirling J630 took off from RAF Wigsley at 2325 hours for a long night cross-country flight. This was the crew’s first night cross country flight. The aircraft crashed shortly after take off near Stanton-by-Dale, 6 miles WSW from Nottingham, and all the crew were killed. The outer starboard engine was on fire, and at the time there was thundery weather and lightning.
Crew:
RAAF 30829 PO Wilkinson, B G Captain (Pilot)
RAF Flt Sgt W E J Cox, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt J Lambell, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt R G Alexander, (Navigator)
RAF Sgt A Hughes, (Air bomber)
RAAF 422093 Flt Sgt P D Arthur, (Wireless Operator Air)
RAF Sgt T H Westhead, (Air Gunner)
PO Wilkinson and Flt Sgt Arthur are buried in the Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, UK.
All the RAF crew members except Sgt Westhead are buried in the Thorney (St Helen)
Churchyard, UK.
Sgt Westhead is buried in the Brierley (Grimethorpe) Cemetery, UK.
Simon
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