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There are a number of stories of aircraft around like the one told by Eddie Doylrush in his book “No Landing Place”, he tells of the account of a group of aircraft enthusiasts visiting the crash sites in the winter. One of the young enthusiasts not wanting to go any further into the mist decided to look at a nearby engine, as he got closer he noticed a figure, a man in uniform sitting on a near by rock. The man in uniform seemed to carrying something in a bag, a plastic bag it was his head, the boy screamed and his companions came running back as fast as they could as soon as they arrived the apparition disappeared and they all fled back down the mountain. The site they had been investigating was of a Heinkel bomber
The plane had been on a bombing run over the docks at Barrow in Furness where it was believed the “Illustrious “ was being repaired. The anti aircraft guns hit the plane taking out the radio and compass. The damaged plane then flew into the side of Llwytmor killing the engineer on 14th April 1941 a Heinkel 111 of 3/KG28. The remainder were sent to P-o-W camps in Canada.

 A Blackburn botha also flew into the side of Llwytmor killing all the crew on August 28 1943 A Blackburn Botha. Originally designed as a torpedo-bomber, it proved inadequate in most of its roles. “The C.O. of No 11 Radio School, responding to a letter from Billy's father on 8th September 1943, said that he was unable to give much information about the accident as the other occupants, the pilot and two pupils, were killed. He went on, "The aircraft crashed on a mountain in North Wales, 5 miles E.S.E. of Bethesda and the most probable explanation is that the pilot came down through cloud and flew into the side of the mountain without realising where he was until it was too late.” This extract is from a web site about one of the people on the plane to see the rest click here