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The Vickers Viking
Plane which crashed at Irish Law |
My thanks to Alan McFarland for the photos
below.
[ Alan's email address is unknown -
can anyone help ? ]
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Alan hiked up to the plan soon after the crash. Here is
his story:
I have three black and white photographs of that
Viking crash site - one showing a group
of Ardossan Academy students perched on the tail. Lewis
(Wakes) Wright and I hiked up to Irish Law immediately
after the plane went down. The thing was still smouldering
when we got there. The fuselage was completely burned out
except for the wings and two radial engines; the tail had
been shed about 200 yards behind the plane. We camped in
a pup tent for several nights next to the wreck
and in heavy mist, like good (and inquisitive)
young Scouts, we scoured the area for survivors and
clues. Unknown to us the "survivors" had
already staggered across the moors down to
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