Thanks,
I see that it's only about 40km north of Penygraig which was the main
reason my wife and I were visiting Wales. Her greatgreatgrandfather
(John Morgan) was one of 5 survivors of an 1880 coal mine explosion
there that killed 101 other miners. We have a Welsh bible given him by
the people of Penygraig in remembrance of the explosion and his
survival. I'm glad he survived else I wouldn't have the wife I have. :-)
I don't remember our route but from Penygraig but we drove fairly
directly to north Wales through Snowdonia to Caernarfon. So it's quite
possible we drove through Brecon Beacons as well.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/11/2010 11:00 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
> Chuck,
> The Brecon Beacons (National Park) is situated in South wales,
> Snowdonia is North Wales. Both spectacular in their own way.
> Within the boundaries of the Brecon Beacons National Park there are approx
> 40
> aircraft crash sites. these are NOT all of 1939/45 vintage. these sites
> include
> wellington, Mustang, Vulcan, Liberator, Spitfire, Lysander, Flying Fortress,
> Thunderbolt A10, Blenheim, and Lightning crashes.
>
> http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/07/30/booklet-reveals-where-warplanes-crashed-in-beacons-91466-26960503/
>
>
> The illustration for this article is incorrect, it shows the crash site of
> wellington MF509 on Carreg Goch. However the article does refer to the crash
> site we visited. Due to mist and fog visibility was about 15/20 yds. We left
> the
> site after about 45 mins and immediately the mist blew off giving 10ml
> visibility! My misinformation was when I said crew was on a training flight,
> they were actually returning from bombing Bordeaux and descended thinking they
> were over east Anglia, a fatal mistake!
> The Canadian training flight that crashed was on Waun Rhydd the next peak
> across.
> The Brecon Beacons National Park does a good pamphlet on Aircraft Crash
> Sites.Regards
> John Duggan,
> Wales, UK
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, 11 December, 2010 10:57:39
> Subject: Re: [OM] Battery gunk
>
> Is that within Snowdonia (the only Welsh mountains I'm familiar with)?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 12/11/2010 3:56 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
>> Thanks Chuck,
>> Thats exactly what I was looking for. Should have
> googled
>> it myself but was half asleep as well as suffering from a head cold. Just
> about
>> to leave for a service of remembrance for a Canadian crew of a Wellington
>> bomber
>> which came down on one of our local mountains during a wartime training
> flight.
>> It is a bleak spot at the best of times made even worse by our present spell
> of
>> bad weather.
>> Regards
>> John Duggan,
>> Wales, UK
>
>
>
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