Memorial

Cairnsmore of Fleet Local Air Crashes

Source: Copyright Samson Hedley

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near the summit cairn of Cairnsmore of Fleet, this location is at least a 2 hour walk from any road or track, about 5 miles east of Newton Stewart, Stewartry, Dumfries and Galloway, DG8 7BJ, Scotland

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NX 50111 67050

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 71898
Description: Rough Hewn Stone with metal plaque which commemorates seven air crashes near here during WW2 and one other in 1979. One of the crashes was of a German aircraft.
Inscription: ERECTED IN MEMORY OF AIRMEN KILLED ON THIS HILL CAIRNSMORE OF FLEET First Crash: LEUTNANT A ZEISS AGE 25 UNTEROFFIZIER G T VON TURCKHEIM AGE 31 UNTEROFFIZIER W HAJESCH AGE 21 UNTEROFFIZIER W MECHSNER AGE 23 FROM NG 1 STAFFEL OF KAMPFGESCHWADER 4 SOESTERBURG AIR BASE HOLLAND THE AIRCRAFT A HEINKEL III H4 CRASHED ON 8TH AUGUST 1940 Second Crash: AIRCRAFTSMAN D J THOM AGE 20 FROM NO 10 AIR OBSERVER SCHOOL RAF DUMFRIES THE AIRCRAFT BLACKBURN BOTHA L6539 CRASHED ON 2ND MARCH 1942 Third Crash: SERGEANT A C H ALLEN AGE 21 MISTER W PATERSON AGE 31 FROM NO 1 OBSERVER ADVANCED FLYING UNIT OF RAF WIGTOWN THE AVRO ANSON AIRCRAFT W2640 CRASHED ON 17TH APRIL 1942 Fourth Crash: FLIGHT SERGEANT B H VYE RCAF AGE 21 SERGEANT A W HAWKES AGE 29 LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN R D HUME AGE 22 LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN G A HORNE AGE 20 AIRCRAFTSMAN G O M RAWSON AGE 20 FROM NO 9 AIR GUNNERS SCHOOL RAF LLANOWROG THE AVRO ANSON DJ126 CRASHED ON 22ND SEPTEMBER 1942 Fifth Crash: PILOT OFFICER J M COOLEY RCAF AGE 30 WARRANT OFFICER J J M WARD AGE 23 FLIGHT SERGEANT M C SIMPSON RCAF AGE 19 FROM NO 10 OBSERVER ADVANCED FLYING UNIT RAF DUMFRIES THE AIRCRAFT EG485 AVRO ANSON CRASHED ON 22ND FEBRUARY 1944 Sixth Crash: SERGEANT W A EDWARDS AGE 23 SERGEANT H W G RENNISON AGE 31 SERGEANT R O BEGGS RNZAF AGE 29 FLIGHT SERGEANT B B HAYTOM AGE 21 FLIGHT SERGEANT A W WAUCHOPE RAAF AGE 27 FRON NO 4 OBSERVER ADVANCED FLYING UNIT RAF WEST FREUGH ANSON AIRCRAFT N9589 CRASHED ON 12TH JUNE 1944 Seventh Crash: FLIGH SERGEANT R S T HIDE AGE 22 PILOT OFFICER A A GOODILL RCAF AGE 26 SERGEANT T J MALONE AGE 24 FROM NO 1 OBSERVER ADVANCED FLYING UNIT RAF WIGTOWN AVRO ANSON W5140 CRASHED ON THE 9TH JULY 1944 Eighth Crash: CAPTAIN T J SEAGREN USAF AGE 26 CAPTAIN R V SPALDING USAF AGE 31 1ST TACTICAL RECONNAISANCE SQUADRON RAF ALCONBURY THE AIRCRAFT A McDONNELL DOUGLAS PHANTOM RF4C 68 0566 CRASHED ON 28TH MARCH 1979

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 23
Died: 23
Information shown: surname, forename, initials of forenames, rank, age, date of death, manner of death, additional
Additional Information: see the inscription above for the names

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