Windy Cleugh
Aircraft (Second World War)
Site Name Windy Cleugh
Classification Aircraft (Second World War)
Canmore ID 353715
Site Number NT45NE 92
NGR NT 47114 56439
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353715
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Channelkirk
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
Sbc Note
Visibility: This site has been excavated.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Sbc Note
Airplane wreck site Excavated in 2009 by Air Crash Investigation and Archaeology. Plane was an Avro Anson, serial no. NK945. Flight left RAF Kinloss with 3 on 1 February 1945 heading south to Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. The plane hit a snow storm in the Borders and turned back, but crashed at Windy Cleugh on Turf Law. Bodies and some wreckage removed on 7 February 1945 to RAF Drem, East Lothian.
6 trenches, 3m square, excavated revealing burnt wreckage.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
