Wellington Crash near Crewe

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Originally Posted by Atcham Tower

There was another Crewe balloons collision nearly two years later. See:

Salute to airmen killed in Crewe barrage tragedies - Crewe Chronicle

I think the second one is the one that I witnessed, what now appears to be the hospital grounds. Back then just an open field near what we used to call the Half Pear Pit. I walked from Frank Bott Ave across the fields to the crash site, which was quite close. The first crash is significantly further away. But I saw no evidence of airframe damage, and it appeared that the controls were functioning as the pilot was able to make a 180 to avoid going down in the Coppenhall built up area.