Washington Bomber
It was a Washington bomber WF 502 and it crashed on 8 January 1953 near a village called Llanarmon Yn Ial about 6 miles from Ruthin. The aircraft belonged to 90 Squadron at Marham and was on a night bombing exercise. It appears to have dived from about 13000 feet over the Wirral , levelled out and then lost its tail fin and rear turret. The aircraft inverted and dropped into a wood. All ten on board were killed. Cause of the crash was not established by the Board of Inquiry. Quite a bit of work going on at present to errect a memorial near the crash site, involving friends and family of some of the crew, six of whom are buried at Hawarden near Chester.