My friends own a farm on the outskirts of Plymouth near a village called Tamerton Foliot, they have just bought the farm recently but the family have been tennants for generations which includes during WW2.

During WW2 a German bomber came down in one of there fields and over the years I’ve heards several stories about the crash, I happened to be at the farm a few years ago when a local TV film crew where there doing story about Plymouth in the Blitz and have seen several guys out in the field with metal detectors looking for anything of interest.

Now the point to this post is I said to my friend I’d search online for any information on the crash and print off the details so he can keep it in farm scrap book as they struggle to get an internet connection, but have googled for information and come up blank.

Any one able to point me in the right direction on the best way to search for information on the crash?

Nick

I have the original photograph of this crash this being the one used in After the Battle (see pics), I also have an interesting witness report for this crash (both obtained from A Saunders)

pm me you email address and I will send you some scans of what I have

ps I visited the site in 2002 and spoke to Bill Luke about this incident, and found some interesting items!!

FW190 – its a cover for the underside of the wing; for access to the control tubes

Bruce

190 for sure 🙂

The guy in the diving suit is from the programme Sea Hunters IIRC, this Lanc is known and if there are crewmembers on board they are nog longer missing but deserve to be given a proper burial instead of lying in a wreck in a lake. The wreck should be recovered and put on display near the engine as this is part of the local history.

Ok rant over, breaaaathe breaaaathe

The bunch of stupid idiots on this planet who makes decisions like that to prevent the crew and their next of kin a proper burial site still amazes me.

Ok, rant wasn’t over just yet,

Cheers

Cees

I couldn’t agree more Cees!!! I have been trying to excavate a site since 1993, but as usual the Ministry of Dummies have no interest in giving the crew a decent burial!!:mad::mad::mad:

The first Sabre came from Honiton(not Dartmoor).
The second was auctioned at the Shoreham museum.

Thanks for correcting me on that one 🙂

Whilst I had them to hand here are some of Dornier Do17P coded 5D + JL, Lieutenant Walther Haffa, 27th August 1940 one mile north of Hurdwick Farm near Brenton.

Wigan Dec 1940

This Dornier was shot down by Flight Lieutenant Minden Vaughn Blake who was based at St Eval and flew Hurricanes with 238 squadron (B Flight), Blake shot it down and it crash landed at Hurdwick farm in Devon near Brentor.

Later the Dornier was put on show at Sailsbury and at Dean park.

More info if you need it 🙂

Does anyone have any photos or drawings of the Wellington GR.XIVs that were based at Daidstow Moor in Cornwall.
Im eager to make a model of one, but I need definate serials, sqn codes and other markings of the aircraft that actually operated from this desolate airfield if possible.
Thanks in advance.

Give me a couple days, I have some pics of wellingtons based at Davidstow, will have a hunt for them today 🙂

At last a sensible decision has been reached…..

http://www.thenational.com.pg/091008/nation8.php

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Lets hope it gets preserved and NOT restored

like all original paint and markings being removed etc!!