Roscroggan is a hamlet north of Camborne in Cornwall, England.[1]

Roscroggan
Roscroggan is located in Cornwall
Roscroggan
Roscroggan
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW647421
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°13′55″N 5°18′04″W / 50.232°N 5.301°W / 50.232; -5.301

Fatal WWII plane crash edit

In the Second World War, on Friday 24 July 1942, a Bristol Beaufort twin-engine torpedo bomber, AW288, of No. 86 Squadron RAF crashed into the disused Roscroggan Chapel. All four of the crew perished at the scene.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  2. ^ Ben Ward and Mark Steele. "The crash of Bristol Beaufort AW288 at Roscroggan Chapel".

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