Site Record

On the ridge there is a visible scar, but no immediately obvious remains of the aircraft itself.

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 Hunter was one of 55 delivered between December 1957and February 1958 by Hawkers at Kingston to 6/Acft/12626. Its service life included assignments to 95 Sq, SF Jever, SF Sylt, 111 Sq, 229 OCU and lastly 4 FTS. On 17 May 1971, the aircraft had left RAF Valley on a training flight and was flying at low altitude over Cwm Penmachno in a narrowing valley that terminates at the cliffs of Blaen y Cwm. The aircraft was travelling too fast to turn and avoid the ridge. Both crewmen were killed.

Sources include:
Griffin, D J, 2007, Hawker Hunter 1951 to 2007 in UK and Foreign Service
Halley, J, 2001, Royal Air force Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, pg56

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, December 2013.