DH60 Moth G-AARE

This image is to illustrate the type only and is not the actual aircraft involved. By TSRL - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6980341

Belonging to Lawrence Aircraft hire, crashed 21st April 1936 while flying from Doncaster to Kingstown (Carlisle). The aircraft hit the steep boulder strewn slope about 60ft beneath the summit and overturned.

info from https://acia.co.uk/1936/04/21/dh60g-moth-g-aare/(more info available here)

above and below:-looking towards the crashsite on Cross Fell.

above and next 3 photos:-The general area of the crash, bits of wood and a couple of bits of metal can be found amongst the boulders.

 

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