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ENENY ACTION - Whitley bomber, crashed Hayle.

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Harry Trembath
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St. Just, Cornwall.
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A6263354
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21 October 2005

This story has been added by CSV volunteer Linda Clark on behalf of author Harry Trembath. His story was given to the Trebah WW2 Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. The Trebah Garden Trust understand the site's terms and conditions.

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Whilst we were playing at Carnyorth moors on August Bank Holiday 1943 we noticed a bomber on fire and losing height. At first we thought it was a German bomber but it was a Whitley. As boys we waved to the air crew to make them feel better. It missed the hills but it came down on Hayle beach, just inside where it was mined. I read that the air crew were taken to City Hospital in Truro and I understand that one of them was killed in a bombing raid that night but I was never able to actually verify that. The plane, from St Eval was on an anti submarine patrol and it's numbers were YGJ.

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