Canadian war memorial & wreckage.

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Just a few snaps of a Canadian war memorial at Waun Rydd. The walk is described as energetic on one website, which is an understatement. The sun was high and very bright hence the over exposure to myself and the shots.
The poppys are made of cloth and I guess they have been there since last year.

#1 Wellington Bomber wreckage and Memorial.
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[/url] Canadian War Memorial by lloydie1963, on Flickr[/URL]

#2 More wreckage taken below Memorial.
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[/url] Canadian War Memorial by lloydie1963, on Flickr[/URL]

#3 Bomber Wreckage.
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#4 Landing gear.
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well catalogued
how about some history on how this plane wreckage got there...although i guess it was placed randomly

cheers
geof
 
Stolen from another site.

About the memorial and plane wreckage
Just below the northern end of Cwar y Gigflan there are several large piles of twisted metal, with a memorial nearby. These are the remains of a wellington bomber that crashed at the spot on July 6th 1942, having become lost in thick clouds during a training exercise. The Wellington bombers construction consisted of an aluminium framework, covered with wooden panel and doped linen for the outer coating. Although it sounds primitive by todays standards, this structure was immensely strong and rigid, and even with large portions of the wooden fuselage burnt or blown away, Wellington bombers could still fly and function. The crash killed all five Canadian crew, and their names are recounted on a plaque on the memorial. It is a bleak and exposed place, and the twisted wreckage is sad to look upon. There are many small crosses and wreaths around, of varying ages, so it seems the airmen who died here are certainly not forgotten.
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Many thanks for the info, there were plenty of small crosses, poppy's and wreaths there, a note on one wreath in the wreckage stated it was from children from a comprehensive (could not make out which due to water ingress) although relatively remote the memorial is certainly not forgotten.
 
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mrtoad said:
well catalogued
how about some history on how this plane wreckage got there...although i guess it was placed randomly

cheers
geof
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I can't say if the wreckage is randomly placed or not, parts of the wreckage could be carried away quite easily if one wanted to by souvenir hunters maybe some has been in the past. I'd like to think that out of respect this has not happened nor will it happen.
 
On what is almost the 70th anniversary of Operation Chastise (the Dams raid), it is worth noting that the geodesic structure of the remains of that Wellington bomber was also designed by Barnes Wallis.

Nicely catalogued photographs of a tragic event.
 
For those who are interested there is a Superfortress crash site somewhere in the peaks. Very similar, just twisted wreckage in a very bleak location and a few humble but moving tributes.
 
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For those who are interested there is a Superfortress crash site somewhere in the peaks. Very similar, just twisted wreckage in a very bleak location and a few humble but moving tributes.
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I don't suppose you have further details?
 
Thank you, I may well have to take a visit out there at some point.
 
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