On the 31st of March 1941 two Hurricanes MkI's were being flown from RAF Northolt up to RAF Crosby, the pilots were delivering these aircraft and they were to collect two new Mk II Hurricanes which 601 Sqdn was converting to at the time. They flew into a snow storm over the Lake District and in the poor visablity both aircraft crashed, one on Scar Crags near Causey Pike, west of Keswick which then exploded killing the pilot instantly.

Pilot - F/O John W (Jack) Seddon RAFVR, aged 23, of Kingston on Thames, Surrey, buried Painswick Cemetery, Glocs. Husband of Mary E Seddon.

I would like to thank the family of Jack Seddon for contacting me and hope the information I was able to provide them was of use.

The other Hurricane flew on and crashed near Glenridding minutes later again with fatal results to P/O Thomas C Smith RAF (who was 29 years old and from Nottingham). I have looked for this crash site but without success.

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View looking down the fellside.

View looking across the fellside where parts of the aircraft are to be found.

The impact point high up in rocks. It was this steep, the camera doesn't lie !!

My wife and I located the crash site in March 2005, small remains are to be found on the very steep fellside below where the aircraft impacted high on rocks. This is one location not widely known about and visited in the Lake District.