Who Case: 279
My family home was approximately 1 mile from the place the mustang crashed. We were just finishing a Sunday family meal.
Living under the fligh parth of Richmond air base it was not unusual to hear aircraft flying over head.
On this day we could hear the mustang performing acrobatics. I had just taken my dinner plate to the kitchen sink was looking our the window facing south.
I could hear the Rolls Royce merlin engine screaming beyond its natural sound at full trottle in a power dive and saw a black flash of the mustang vertically hiiting The ground. My family home and the ground shook huge eruption.
I convinced my father that we should go to the crash site to assist.
Upon approaching the crash site in the famly car Richmond air base fire truck was
already on site .
As described by Frank Wood the mustang had struck the ground in walker st south windsor so hard nothing but a huge mound of clay soil was upheaved and small metal fragments were nearby that could be seen
The mustang had hit the ground under full power and what extra additional speed that was created. It was evident that The whole aircraft was below the surface of the ground
I would think the pilot would have black out and been unconscious before the aircraft hit the ground.
I will never forget what i had seen or heard that day . What i saw and herd it would have been impossible to eject .
The area was being secured to keep the
public away.
It was never publicly disclosed if the aircraft and engine was full recovered.
The area where the mustang hit the ground is heavy thick clay and river stones
RIP Ray Whitbread
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