John Murphy's email response

As a result of seeing our website and reading the tale about the Wellington Bomber crash in 1943 John has dropped us an email giving his recollections of that event. John and his family lived in Edinvillie at the time of the crash, he still has relatives living in Edinvillie today.

John writes:-
It was on a Saturday night after 10 o'clock.It was snowing very heavily and myself, my brother & a friend, Geordie Davidson, were outside with our father and a neighbour when we heard the plane go over.
We could tell it was in trouble by the sound of the engines. We then heard a thump so we knew it had crashed.
There was not any fire, just the wreckage covered a large area. It was about 200 yrds.straight down from the top of the Ben, My brother Peter told me nothing is growing on the crash site still.
There was only two killed in the crash and their remains were amongst the wreckage.
Three crew bailed out, One landed on a farm in Elches and it is said he married the farmers daugher.
Maybe some of the locals could verify if it is true?
On our way down it was airmen that was spread out looking for the two crew because they were supposed to also bale out.
We did take a few 303 bullets as a keep sake.
I never saw them remove the wreckage, but I can imagine it must have been terrible hard work.
I don't think there is anything else I can tell you.
Maybe you can tell me, if there was a memoral service on the Ben a few years ago for the two crew members?
Keep up the good work and I wil be up to Aberlour at the end of June
John Murphy

Site of crash in snow click to view

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