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    Memorial

    Handley Page Halifax LL505

    Setting

    Source: Copyright Andy Blackwood

    1/4

    Current Location

    1 1/2 miles SW of Wrynose Pass, Mountain summit, South of the Three Shire Stone on Wrynose Pass, between Cockley Beck & Little Langdale, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA20 6EG, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NY 27226 00833

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    © WMR-13028

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    Type of Memorial
    Trophy / Relic
    WMR Reference Number
    13028
    Description
    A rough cairn made of local stones and wreckage of the aircraft undercarriage topped by a wooden cross with a small metal plaque with a badge on the cross.
    Inscription
    Metal Plaque-HALIFAX BOMBER/LL 505-‘S’ FOR SUGAR/RCAF/OCTOBER 22, 1944 Slate Plaque-In Memory of/8 Crew Members of Halifaz LL505/From No. 1659 HCU Topcliffe/who lost their lives on this site/on 22nd October 1944/[names]/RIP
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    8
    Died
    8
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames, rank, date of death, manner of death, rank, service, age
    Order of names
    rank
    Maker(s)
    • Gordon Greaves Slate Ltd, Makers

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    By Gordon Greaves Slate Ltd
    Maintenance History
    2005- Gordon Greaves Slate Ltd provided new slate plaque to replace the old metal one 2014-Cairn rebuilt by Gordon Greaves Slate Ltd (of Windermere), Paul Sykes and Andrew Denley and replacement Mahogany cross installed

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    11 Nov 2005

    Revd Mark East

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Wood - Mahogany


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Slate


    Condition: Good


  • BRITAIN'S AVIATION MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SMITH, DAVID J 59 Source: Image Library IWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1992 SPARKFORD
  • Cumbria Magazine page 41, February 2014. Also has a photograph
  • A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells by AW Wainwright Book 4, great Carrs chapter
  • http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/halifax_great-carrs.htm
  • http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/11559565.Memorial_at_Great_Carrs_crash_site_is_restored/
  • http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/handley-page-halifax-ll505-fd-s-great-carrs-a-coniston-april-2014.t89465 (for up to date photographs)
  • Cumbria Magazine page 89, November 2016, has 2 photographs