WWII, Halifax crash near Lydbrook
Courtesy of: Terry Halford. Uploaded: June 2011
Terry wrote : "... please find enclosed a photo recently sent to me of the remains of the Halifax bomber which crashed near Lower Lydbrook on 7th June 1942. The aircraft was a Handley Page, Halifax V9977. ... the aircraft had a number of scientists on board and flew out of Defford. It was said to have been carrying secret radar equipment. The aircraft caught fire and crashed into a field at Lower Lydbrook on the Monastery side of the river Wye. A memorial window to the men lost in the crash can be seen at Goodrich church".
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