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Post by stu on Sept 30, 2006 21:48:28 GMT 12
Found this while clearing out some old files. Had no information with it and no record of who had sent it or where it had come from. Can anybody shed any light on the accident pictured?  Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Sept 30, 2006 22:17:34 GMT 12
I dont know anything of the event but WOW what a dramatic image.
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Post by stu on Sept 30, 2006 22:27:09 GMT 12
Looking at the damage to the props I'd assume that it was a deadstick landing.
"Nothing like a nice Sunday afternoon drive on a quiet country lane, Vera Lynn on the wireless, the birds chirping, the soft whoosh of a very large aircraft heading directly towards me ..... uh oh".
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Post by phil82 on Oct 1, 2006 10:24:07 GMT 12
I can just imagine the comment or the front seat passenger in that Morris 10: " This is a fine mess you've got us into Stanley".
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 1, 2006 14:16:52 GMT 12
The car mustve been from the Mosquito Control Unit from MAF...
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Post by Bruce on Oct 1, 2006 20:01:49 GMT 12
It is almost certainly in the UK, we never had "bomber" Mossies here, it is also in wartime camo, probably late war going by the paddle bladed props and ejector exhausts. The starboard prop is feathered, so that engine was dead, and the Port engine also appears to have been shut down at the time of the accident (but not yet feathered) going by the undamaged blade. It looks like the mossie has skidded in from off the Right of the picture, with the undercarriage collapsing due to side loads as it came to rest (You can see a tyre track in the picture). Looks like an overrun of some sort. These were incredibly common, so not a lot of clues to go on.....
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Post by corsair67 on Oct 3, 2006 11:15:55 GMT 12
"If you don't like my flying, then get off the road!"
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Post by phil82 on Oct 3, 2006 14:28:00 GMT 12
I also note that , from the photo, the Navigator's name was George, and he claimed a new pair of underpants from Stores
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 21, 2006 14:48:04 GMT 12
Awesome photo. One thought regarding the car, there is not a lot of white on the back end, but in Britain during the war regulations for the black out meant cars had to have white bumpers and often rear mud-guards too. No number plate is visible either sadly. So my thought is possibly postwar, or possibly not Britain? Maybe a German photo taken on the continent? The car may have been on the right hand side and has been slewed backwards with the impact.
Britain also didn't have white centre lines on its roads during the war by the way (a bain for period film makers these days!)
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