The Halifax Bomber

At Around 14:20 on the 24th of August 1944 ,the Halifax plane crashed in the Wetherby golf course because the engine caught fire 1000 feet up in the air. They couldn't put it out so that's why it crashed. All the crew sadly lost their life to this traumatic experience (the pilot's name was Sgt Clyde Osborne).

The Blenhiem Bomber

On the 15th of November 1941, the crew of the Blenheim where undertaking a training session and a spit fire from one of its team planes shot it down.They were aiming for a German twin engine, behind the Blenheim and miss shot it. The damage it coursed made it crash, it glided over Wetherby and down to the racecourse, no people got hurt but all the people in the plane died and the flight did not go to plan.

Facts about the Blenheim Bomber

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber, designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, which was used extensively in the first two years of the II World War, with examples still being used as trainers until the end of the war.

Facts about Halifax Bomber

However, between 1941 and 1945 the Halifax made over 75,000 bombing sorties and dropped 227,610 tons (231,300 tonnes) of bombs: more than a quarter of all bombs dropped on Germany by the Royal Air Force.

Nevertheless, production of the Halifax continued until April 1945. During their service with Bomber Command, Halifax flew a total of 82,773 operations and dropped 224,207 tons of bombs, while 1,833 aircraft were lost.

What happened in

Wetherby in World War II?

The Wetherby area saw industrial expansion during the Second World War, when munitions factories were built at Thorp Arch and in the 1960s at the Sandbeck Industrial Estate.

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