Comments on: Yet another soggy night in the Cairngorms and yet more aircraft wrecks http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=559 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Eddie http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=559#comment-3015 Eddie Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:07:29 +0000 http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=559#comment-3015 Hi John, It's a bit difficult to say anything for certain about the wreckage you saw without knowing what the location was - if it was on the main route to the summit of Braeriach from the Lairig Ghru then the section of wreckage you saw was in all probability from the Oxford, but it may well have come from the Blenheim, the two debris fields essentialy overlap at this point. And you saw it in 1957! That was some time ago, only 12 and 14 years after the crashes - there was probably a lot more wreckage about then, which in the years since has been depleted by walkers taking parts away (although a surprisingly large amount still remains from the two wrecks). I don't suppose you have any photos of what you saw? Hi John,

It’s a bit difficult to say anything for certain about the wreckage you saw without knowing what the location was - if it was on the main route to the summit of Braeriach from the Lairig Ghru then the section of wreckage you saw was in all probability from the Oxford, but it may well have come from the Blenheim, the two debris fields essentialy overlap at this point.

And you saw it in 1957! That was some time ago, only 12 and 14 years after the crashes - there was probably a lot more wreckage about then, which in the years since has been depleted by walkers taking parts away (although a surprisingly large amount still remains from the two wrecks).

I don’t suppose you have any photos of what you saw?

]]> By: John Cooper http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=559#comment-3014 John Cooper Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:19:02 +0000 http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=559#comment-3014 Dear Eddy' Panel observed 1957[?] on crash site. Alloy 8 inchs. square, almost. Dark grey paint one side. 2 `nics`one end opposite sides about 1.5 inches from one end. Pressed groove between nics about 6inchs. long to inside of panel. Marks include`FB 53411-2`, circle with `C&B 112`, `S`, and tiny circle with possible number `153`. Which of the aircraft was this from and what was its purpose? Any suggestions? Dear Eddy’
Panel observed 1957[?] on crash site. Alloy 8 inchs. square, almost. Dark grey paint one side. 2 `nics`one end opposite sides about 1.5 inches from one end. Pressed groove between nics about 6inchs. long to inside of panel. Marks include`FB 53411-2`, circle with `C&B 112`, `S`, and tiny circle with possible number `153`. Which of the aircraft was this from and what was its purpose? Any suggestions?

]]> By: peter williams http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=559#comment-2696 peter williams Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:59:05 +0000 http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=559#comment-2696 Thanks for this blog - it has helped me prove to myself that in 1972 it was the Sinclair Hut I slept in overnight, not the Corrour Bothy. We had thought of walking right over the pass but stopped at the Hut and returned the next morning to Aviemore. A beautiful crisp frosty dawn - I have just looked at my 35mm slides. Peter W Thanks for this blog - it has helped me prove to myself that in 1972 it was the Sinclair Hut I slept in overnight, not the Corrour Bothy. We had thought of walking right over the pass but stopped at the Hut and returned the next morning to Aviemore. A beautiful crisp frosty dawn - I have just looked at my 35mm slides. Peter W

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