Husbands Bosworth

[YellowPinkie]

At the weekend, my dad was at Bosworth Hall Park for a country fair and later on in the day a number of the military vehicles that were in attendance took a visit to some crash sites of aircraft that I assume were approaching or leaving RAF HB. Apparently one was a Lanc.

Does anyone have any more information as to what where and when?

[stevie]

Hi mate,
There were these two crashes here actualy in the Bosworth Hall grounds -
http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?5684-Bosworth-Hall-(RAF-Husbands-Bosworth)&p=61409#post61409

As far as i can work out i don't think there was ever an incident involving a Lanc taking off or landing at HB. The only local crashes involving HB aircraft (aside from the two in the link above) were Wellingtons. One crashed on the 24th of September 44 at Althorp Park in Northants killing all on board and there was another HB based Wellington lost after it had to make a forced landing at nearby Market Harborough airfield on the 3rd of Feb 1945. All other Wellington's from HB that crashed occured many miles from the airfield or Leic or Northants.

Maybe your dad was looking at local WW2 aircraft crash sites in general and not actually involved with HB as there were quite a few in the area.

Hope this helps,
Steve

[PETERTHEEATER]

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial of the airfield at Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, during its construction by George Wimpey & Co for Bomber Command. The airfield opened for flying in August 1943, first as a satellite to RAF Market Harborough, and subsequently as the base of No. 85 Operational Training Unit, which remained there until disbandment on 14 June 1945. The Welford and Sulby reservoirs can be seen at lower left.



Courtesy of Imperial War Museum © IWM (C 540

[buccaneer66]

Nicely shows the former route of the public roads compared to now.

[stevie]

Nicely shows the former route of the public roads compared to now.

Apparently not long after the airfield closed and when they had reopened the public roads that cross the site a cyclist was travelling through in the late evening when the fog rolled in, he got completely disorientated and lost and didn't make it off the airfield until the following morning spending the whole night riding up and down the peri's and runways trying to get off the airfield!!!!

Thanks for posting that pic up Peter.

[stevie]

Photos of HB during it's wartime days are pretty rare so it's always great too see any -

Thanks to Nigel Bailey-Underwood for sending me this.

Cheers
Steve

[NJR]

Two undated aerial images of Husbands Bosworth from ARG archives.

[Bomber]

Good photes there NJR some times old black & white photes seem to have more of an atmosphere about them than coloured ones
Regards ,
Bomber .

[stevie]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting those up Noel.

[NJR]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting those up Noel.

No probs, apparantly they were taken mid 1960's.