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June 4th 2017 will be 50th anniversary of the Stockport Air Disaster

There's a great Facebook page on it (not public, so you need to be invited to join). I remember it only too well, seeing that great tail section with BM on it towering above Hopes Carr right in the centre of Stockport, and the remains of the cockpit on the garage on the other side of that tiny piece of open ground the Argonaught came down in.

The rest of the aeroplane, bar some wing parts and the engines, was consumed in the post crash fire that killed many of the passengers who had survived the crash, albeit badly injured.

The Stepehn Morrin Book 'The Day the Sky Fell In' is worth a read if you can find a copy (£50 on eBay!). Stephen is preparing a second, bigger, book and working on a TV documentary for the anniversary year.
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