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Old 6th Feb 2019, 08:21
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
It was Bolkow Junior G-ATVB, 6/1/72 - crashed into high ground near Hambledon - presumably Hydon's Ball or one of the other hills just NW of Dunsfold. That the one you were thinking of Chevvron? Must have been very close to the crash site of the PA-23.
Yes that's the one.
The late 'Honey Monster' of this forum told me he had been working it; he told me the newspaper headline at the time said something like 'Hero pilot dives into trees to save school'.
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