Wellington MF509 on Carreg Goch -- The Landing Ground

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: [1] ]

Subject: Wellington MF509 on Carreg Goch

Author:
Chris James

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 10:36:49 04/27/05 Wed

Hi there,

just a few questions if anyone would be kind enough to answer them, I'd like to add them to a personal project of mine:

1) Can anyone shed any light to the disappearance of the main components such as the engines, wheels, etc? The engines are heavy lumps of metal so they must have been removed by vehicle or helicopter? Or were they buried by the force of the impact or the Maintenance Unit afterwards, as was commonly done? It's common in high speed impacts that heavier components drive themselves into the ground whilst fragile components, such as the wings, are torn off and remain at the surface.

2)What direction was the Wimpy flying?

3)Is the main wreck site the area of impact or is it where the bulk of the plane came to rest? If it is the impact site then it appears to have hit at a very steep angle, perhaps vertically? Or was the wreckage collected from all over the hillside and placed here?

4)How long did it take the RAF/RCAF to locate the site?

5)How long has the memorial been on the site?

Kindest regards
Chris James

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]