Bomb Craters Hagg Wood Dunnington

Traces of World War II bomb craters can still be found in the beautiful Hagg Wood east of Dunnington.

On the night of 27 June 1944, a Halifax bomber from Free French 347 (Tunisia) Squadron, based at RAF Elvington, suffered a port engine failure shortly after take-off, forcing the aircraft to jettison its bomb load over Hagg Wood before returning to Elvington. RAF bomb disposal teams then located the bombs and blew them up. Incidentally, the 12-aircraft attack on the V1 site near Mont Candon in France was the first operational flight for 347 Squadron from Elvington since their arrival from Tunisia. The remaining 11 aircraft completed the mission without losses.

Nowadays, the craters are mostly filled with water or the domain of plants and animals but can still be clearly seen in the landscape.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Ian Brandt
• - https://little-vikings.co.uk/five-reasons-to-visit-hagg-wood-dunnington-2/