Darby's tipper crushed by Harvard plane

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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As promised… four pictures (news cuttings) of the Darby’s tipper that was hit by a Harvard plane in Ely…August 9th 1951…
The plane banked sharply to miss Ely Cathedral in very low cloud and a witness said that it hit the roof of Brand’s shop and then the lorry. The smithy, next to Brand’s was totally destroyed. The side view of the wrecked truck was taken later, after it had been dragged backwards across the road for recovery. The other three pictures were taken within minutes of the event…norman long

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norman long:
As promised… four pictures (news cuttings) of the Darby’s tipper that was hit by a Harvard plane in Ely…August 9th 1951…
The plane banked sharply to miss Ely Cathedral in very low cloud and a witness said that it hit the roof of Brand’s shop and then the lorry. The smithy, next to Brand’s was totally destroyed. The side view of the wrecked truck was taken later, after it had been dragged backwards across the road for recovery. The other three pictures were taken within minutes of the event…norman long

Good stuff… is that Stan Laurel helping out in the 3rd picture :wink:

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looks like the poor old lorry driver was killed and the raf johnny and cadet survived, fredm

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fredm:
looks like the poor old lorry driver was killed and the raf johnny and cadet survived, fredm

Only one survivor…the cadet. The lorry driver was one of my Dad’s mates. n.l.