Wellington MF509

[Chrisradioman]

I had a tear in my eye watching this very sad but at the same time fascinating. I hope it stays there for good. Thanks for posting the video.

I'm going there for the first time on Sunday.

[seanseventy]

i was here yeserday very moving , me and my mate managed to take a fair bit of the plane back to show our kids they need to understand that these canadians gave thier lives for us

[AAFCollection]

Kids do need to know about those who gave their lives for our freedom,but these sites only exist because most people who visit Don't take wreckage away with them,will you put it back where it belongs?

[pictsidhe]

vulture

[seanseventy]

funny

[pictsidhe]

@seanseventy do you rob graveyards too?

[seanseventy]

i did once for a laugh when i was a kid

[cornholio1962]

we have bomber crash site near us my bro traced a pic of the aircrew..and we framed and sealed it.and put it next to the memorial...crashed on the way back from a mission..only half a mile from what is now heathrow airport..the site is just pass the m4 on the m25 anticlock wise

[TangoCharlie27]

We were there last week and there is consideraly less wreckage than in this video. Has someone stolen most of it?

Tc

[freewayprod]

I wouldn't have thought so--from what I understand, the site is protected and of course, there is a permanent memorial there.

Thanks for watching the video...

[TheOnlyGee]

@TangoCharlie27

I have visited the site recently (2010) and the amount of wreckage is substantial, as shown in the video. Is it possible you visited the other Wellington (R1465) crash site near Fan y Big/Pen y Fan peaks. There is a similar memorial there but much less wreckage than the MF509 site. The R1465 was also crewed by RCA airmen and also crashed on a training flight. The R1465 memorial is marked on OS maps, but the MF509 is not.

Just a thought...

[evgorman]

What a lovely video on such a sad occassion. If those men had to be so far away from home, what better place than the Brecon Beacons.