Sorry, I have no date !
A few people have come forward with information and memories.
Most of whom are cofusing this situation with these two supplied by an intersted party:-
14.04.43
Bristol Beaufighter IIF V8206 54 O.T.U. Charterhall
F/Sgt Haley – pilot ok
F/Sgt Fairweather – navigator radar ok
Aircraft abandoned by the crew after an engine failure and it then crashed at Drydens Farm near Selkirk, Roxburghshire
I’ve had a good look through my records and the only other wartime crash I have come up with is a Mosquito at Lindean a little further to the north of Drydens, here are the details:
30.08.44
D.H. 98 Mosquito BXX KB207 1655 M.T.U. Warboys
122956 F/Lt Ivor Alcuin-Jones pilot (K)
129448 F/Lt Douglas Augustine William Clarke navigator (K)
Pilot lost control of the aircraft after it was hit by lightning and then crashed at Lindean near Galashiels, Scottish Borders.