On the 31 3 1944 Lancaster II, LL683 from 514 Squadron, force landed in field next to airfield when fuel ran low after many diversions. Returning from the infamous Nuremburg raid, this aircraft was the last one to put down. Pilot W/O W.L McGowan. All crew safe.

There you go:)

Well it didnt eh? 🙂

Interesting, I found a lot of non wartime aircraft related items at Allens Green in the 1980’s, I think someone broke aircraft up in the 1950’s locally.
With the close proximity of Sawbridgeworth airfield it could be from one of the local crashes known about. Also, The last aircraft down from the ill fated Nuremburg raid, a Lancaster, bellied in in a field close to Allens Green.
Was this found on one of Julian Evan Harts ‘surgical cleansing metal detector rallies’ he held on the airfield site a couple of years ago?

I had a the same dream weekly for over eighteen years.

It involved walking through a small village with stone fronted houses with very small front gardens. The setting is reminiscent of somewhere in the Cotswolds or Wiltshire. I started at the top of the hill on the right hand side and walked down to where the road forked and a railway line crossed the two roads. In the apex of the fork stood a large Mill of some kind.
There were no cars, and no people, but I was able to walk inside both shops and look around. The first shop was at the top of the hill and was a newsagent/sub post office. The second shop was also on the right hand side and was a small convenience shop.

I have not had this dream for over 6 years or so, maybe longer. but I can still see every detail in my minds eye even tonight sat here writing this. I have travelled the length and breadth of this country but have never seen this place before, let alone walked through it.

I wonder if that place really exists and if so, where the hell is it!

*Footnote*

A partner of a friend who dabbles a little in Tarot and other mystical beliefs says that I probably haunt the place in times of deep sleep. She went on to say that although I didnt see anyone in the dream, it wasnt to say that I would not be invisible to certain people living in the village. This would seem that I appear to them as a ghostly image. It is her belief that ghosts are not what we think they are. She is a little like a Stevie Nicks character bless here, a little hippyish and ‘airy fairy’ so I did tend to take her statement with a pich of salt :rolleyes:

Nice to see people still visiting Pickard and Broadleys graves at Amiens. Just 25 kilometres away lies the third man lost on the raid that day. St Denis Eglise cemetery at Poix de Picardie is the last resting place of New Zealander Flt Lt Richard Webb Sampson. He is often forgotten or overlooked when it comes to remembrance sadly.

Was there another one found in the late 90’s in that area? I seem to remember reading about one sunk by the RAF after the war…

Thanks Dave, if you do ever find out, please let me know!

Good luck to all involved.

Thanks Andy