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<\/a>Big Water of Fleet to Little Water of Fleet along the old railway<\/em><\/p>\nThis was a wee walk along the old Paddy line from the viaduct over the Big Water of Fleet to the Little Water of Fleet. I had hoped to find the memorial to a crashed WW2 airplane , a Hawker Typhoon.<\/p>\n
On the 18th March 1944 No.440 and No.439 Squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force were being moved from RAF Ayr to RAF Hurn, Bournemouth, via RAF Woodvale in Lancashire. Together the two Squadrons were flying a mixture of Typhoons and Hurricanes for offensive operations over France in the run up to the D-Day landings. While on the first leg of the flight to Woodvale P\/O Mitchell in Typhoon JR439 lost control of the aircraft which dived into the ground close to the then active Dumfries to Stranraer railway line just to the west of the now demolished Little Water of Fleet viaduct and Loch Skerrow. It was however the following day before the wreck was found and confirmed to be that of the missing Typhoon. (from Peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Because the Viaduct is closed off, we walked up by the farmhouse at Cullendoch and then joined\u00a0the old railway line, which is now a stony track. It seemed quite dull on the day but the photos look a lot brighter. There were\u00a0a few drops of rain, enough to get jackets on and then off again, but that at least the rain brought some rainbows.<\/p>\n