Aircraft Crash Site 

Hornet PX273

Crashed 30TH September 1946

 

The location of the crash site is on Mynydd –Y- Glog at approximately 380m. 

Little information as to the cause of the crash is evident however it seems to have come down under full power as wreckage is strewn over a large area. The single pilot on board was killed

The wreckage is on private land

Please approach the owner

 

The Hornet PX273, took off from Fairwood Common Swansea, heading for Norfolk, no reason for the flight is evident, and the huge impact of the plane embedded the engine of the plane into the ground close to Wernlas farm. The aircraft disintegrated and unfortunately the pilot W/C Peter Bond was killed.