Aircraft Crash Site
Vulcan XH536
Crashed 11th February 1966
The aircraft crashed during, terrain, following, radar trials, and impacted during bad weather and low altitude.
All 5 crew members were killed.
Flying Officer, Graham Howard Sutcliffe
Flight Lieutenant, John Donald MacDonald
Flight Lieutenant, Roger Clare
Flight Lieutenant, Brian Waring
Flight Lieutenant, Geoffrey Edward Fuller
The bulk of the wreckage was removed by the authorities
But some small pieces remain
The wreckage is on private land
Please approach the owner
The Avro Vulcan B MK.2 XH536, took off from RAF Cottesmore in Rutland, on cross country flight. It descended to low level and encountered snow covered mountains merging with the horizon. Disorientated the aircraft ploughed into the mountainside at Fan Bwlch Chwyth on the western side.
Locals reported a noise similar to that of a blast from one of the nearby quarries.
