Little is visible amongst the large rocks in a gulley, only a few small fragments of alloy in the stream.

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 Anson was completed by Avro at Yeadon (Leeds) in 1941. It was assigned to 9 OAFU and had left RAF Llandwrog for a bombing exercise at 19:45 hours on 14 January 1943. The crew consisted of three New Zealanders (pilot, bomb aimer and pupil navigator) and British wireless operator. The aircraft was to undertake a bombing run near Shrewsbury, but low cloud prevented the target from being seen and so they headed back. Icing prevented the pilot, Pilot Officer Ken Archer, from taking the plane up for an astro-fix and the wireless was non-operational. The aircraft strayed into the central mass of the Carneddau. In attempting an emergency pull-up, the aircraft struck within 200ft of the top of the ridge 2 miles southwest of Llyn Dulyn. When Archer came to, he realised that Barnett in the seat next to him was unconsious with facial injuries; the navigator was unconscious laid across the chart table; the wireless operator was also unconscious. Archer used the parachutes to drape over his colleagues to keep them warm whilst he went for help. Some 17 hours after the crash he stumbled into the farmyard of Rowlyn Uchaf (the Upper Whirlpool). The farmer raced to the post office at Tal y Bont to raise the alarm. Search parties were organised and the Anson was eventually found some 18 hours later in a small steep ravine. Sgt Patterson, the navigator was still alive, but the other two men (Barnett and Broclehurst) had succumbed to their injuries and exposure.

Sources include:
Doylerush, E, 2002, No Landing Place: A Guide to Aircraft Crashes in Snowdonia, pg81-7, 90
Halley, J, 1988, Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100 - EZ999, pg31

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, December 2013.