A propeller hub with remains of two blades lies close to impact point. Many small fragments of plywood and aluminium are scattered around. Lower down the slope, there are sections of armour plate and crumpled fuel tanks. Amemorial to the crew (plinth made of large stones on which sits the engine) can be found at the gate of Esgair-gawr, near Rhydymain, on the A494.

The remains of this aircraft are designated as a Protected Place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. The Act makes it an offence to interfere with the wreckage of any crashed, sunken or stranded military aircraft without a licence. For further information on this Act and its administration with regard to aircraft, please contact the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre, RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1RZ.

Event and Historical Information:
This Mosquito was assigned to 540 Squadron. The aircraft took off from Benson for a flap test and then a cross country flight. It struck the summit of Aran Fawddwy in cloud at 2000ft. The crew, Polish pilot Flying officer M Ostoja-Slonski, and navigator, Flying Officer Paul Riches DFC, were both killed.

Sources include:
Doylerush, E, 1999, No Landing Place Volume 2: More Tales of Aircraft Crashes in Snowdonia, pg102
Doylerush, E, 2002, No Landing Place: A Guide to Aircraft Crashes in Snowdonia, pg92
Wotherspoon, N, Sheldon, M and Clark, A, 2009, Aircraft Wrecks: The Walkers Guide - Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, December 2013.