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Old 17th May 2011, 17:10
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fustall
 
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In 1982 whilst living in North Yorkshire,I visited the site at a place named Holtby Hall,just off the A1 to the west,3 miles north from Leeming.
There was an old gentleman and lady at the hall who had an original copy of the Yorkshire Post and also told me they had parts of the Valetta in the shed!
The crash happened just after lunch(1pm-2pm).
My work took me to peoples houses and during one visit I noticed a strong aviation theme in the house(pictures of aircraft etc),the chap used to be a fireman at Leeming in the 50's!,this crash was the first he went to,he found out about it on a field telephone.
This story is related in a book,something like 'from the ground up',all about ground crew etc.......??
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