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By: 26th March 2010 at 10:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-94835 (490th BG, "Mandy J III") No. 1 engine caught fire during
training mission May 29, 1944 with full bombload. Crashed
and exploded at Great Horkesley. Crew bailed out safely,
two suffering injuries.
P.S. I only saw the challenge at 10:04
By: 26th March 2010 at 10:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Noted. A pint of virtual Adnams is yours. :D
That was a brilliant response. Now can we turn our attention to the crash site location? Can we define it any more precisely than at present?
Moggy
By: 26th March 2010 at 10:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-...and while you’re at it, any idea what Saturday’s Lotto numbers will be? :)
By: 26th March 2010 at 10:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-42-94835
'It crashed near Ridgenhall Farm, Gt Horkesley'
By: 26th March 2010 at 11:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-No Ridgenhall Farm, but there on the OS there is a Ridgnalls just north of the Gt Horkesley - Boxted road and if you zoom in it looks suspiciously like a one-time farm with converted barns. Not sure how to link, but just type in Great Horkesley and look for the Boxted Road. Given the East Anglian tendency to swallow vowels, I bet Ridgenhall was pronounced "Ridgnall".
Unfortunately I can't see the farm in the 1882 directory, so I can't see if the acreage is given in the occupants entry in the 1881 census, so no idea of how close to the farm it might have been.
Adrian
By: 26th March 2010 at 11:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-....any idea what Saturday’s Lotto numbers will be? :)
I can tell you with depressing certainty one combination of numbers that it won't be - mine :(
Moggy
Thanks to everybody so far
By: 26th March 2010 at 11:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I can tell you with depressing certainty one combination of numbers that it won't be - mine :(Moggy
Thanks to everybody so far
With yours and ours that eliminates 2 sets from a combination of billions.:eek:
By: 26th March 2010 at 13:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-If you look at the old maps.co.uk website - In 1880 there is a Ridgenalls just outside of Great Horkesley.
It is still there - but is now a large house with pool...
Marked on the google earth image attached.
Moggy - if you want to know their pets names - you may have to try elsewhere.
By: 26th March 2010 at 14:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Well I'm guessing they had a black labrador :eek:
Once again, thank you all.
Moggy
By: 26th March 2010 at 16:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-.... called "N... no, Bob"
Assuming the pool isn't where the B24 exploded, there is a suspicious mark in the ploughed field to the right....?
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By: Moggy C - 26th March 2010 at 09:40
From another forum
The clock is running. :D
Moggy
And I have already asked if we can get an approximate date.