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Mystery as WW2-style plane lands in Flackwell Heath field

6:51pm Wednesday 27th January 2010 in News By Lawrence Dunhill

Mystery as WW2-style plane lands in field Mystery as WW2-style plane lands in field

POLICE were called to Flackwell Heath after three youngsters saw a full size 'spitfire-style' aeroplane land in a field.

Mystery surrounds its landing this afternoon as there was no sign of the pilot when the children and police arrived.

Bertie Kerby-Verness and Rachel Perham, both 12, saw the plane from Fennels Way as it grounded in a field at Heath End Farm, off Spring Lane and next to the M40, at around 4.30pm.

About an hour later a police helicopter hovered overhead and officers were wading through the muddy field towards the plane.

Sergeant Scott Long said at the scene: “It's a bit of a strange one – it doesn't seem there's been an emergency landing or any injuries.

“There's no sign of the pilot but it looks like a replica World War Two Chinese fighter plane.

"There's nothing we can really do tonight so we are going to leave it and deal with it in the morning."

Bertie, who goes to Furze Platt Senior School in Maidenhead, said: “We saw the wing dip as it came over the field. It looked like it crashed so we ran over but there was no one here. It's really weird because we have no idea where it came from.”

The plane has symbols and red stars on its body and wings.

Comments(44)

Plus ça change... says...
7:22pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Is it a pothole spotter?

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The Latchie says...
7:43pm Wed 27 Jan 10

The Police left it there as they were not keen on takeaways.

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Slacker says...
8:00pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Saw the helicopter, very strange turn of events though. You would have thought the pilot would stay with the plane. It would not have been easy to land in that field as most of it is sloping.

Should not have left it in the field though, they will return in the morning to find bricks under the wheels :-))

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Steve Totteridge Hill says...
8:02pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Yak...

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Shelley61 says...
8:51pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Has April 1st come round already?!

And is it snowing in Flackwell Heath?!

No need for any other contenders to the most bizarre story of the year competition!!

I look forward to hearing the full story!

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wayneo says...
8:53pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Steve Totteridge Hill wrote:
Yak...
It is, probably from Waltham.

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wayneo says...
8:55pm Wed 27 Jan 10

The winf probably dipped as he was side-slipping, which is what you'd do trying to get into a tight spot.

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Plus ça change... says...
9:06pm Wed 27 Jan 10

'The Flackwell Heath Triangle'...

Had to be.

Maybe it's an aerial gritter a.k.a. 'gritfire'...!

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moosecl says...
9:08pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Sorry to post in the wrong place but I'm desperate - our cat has gone missing and we've had missed calls from the vet but unfortunately we were out at work, when we called the emergency number they couldn't help. If anyone took a black cat (that was probably hit by a car) to Crossroads vets in Hazlemere today please can you reply? We don't know if he's alive or not :(((( Thanks all

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Plus ça change... says...
9:11pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Quote of the year?

"... we are going to leave it and deal with it in the morning ..."

Truly magnificent!

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Slacker says...
9:12pm Wed 27 Jan 10

wayneo wrote:
The winf probably dipped as he was side-slipping, which is what you'd do trying to get into a tight spot.
But why would he be flying that low over Flackwell in the first place?

Sideslip+land=crash? No evidence of a crash.

Plus da Change must be right, its a bermuda triangle

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Slacker says...
9:17pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Too late to make it to the BFP tomorrow?

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Slacker says...
9:18pm Wed 27 Jan 10

hah got my days mixed up, this should definitely be on the BFP on friday :-))

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moosecl says...
9:21pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Sorry to post in the wrong place but I'm desperate - our cat has gone missing and we've had missed calls from the vet but unfortunately we were out at work, when we called the emergency number they couldn't help. If anyone took a black cat (that was probably hit by a car) to Crossroads vets in Hazlemere today please can you reply? We don't know if he's alive or not :(((( Thanks all

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chris740 says...
9:53pm Wed 27 Jan 10

its clarkes getaway plane. she need to make a run for it

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wayneo says...
10:00pm Wed 27 Jan 10

chris740 wrote:
its clarkes getaway plane. she need to make a run for it
If that were true, I'd buy her a a eurofighter so she could get away quicker.

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JamWheel says...
11:02pm Wed 27 Jan 10

It's a Nanchang

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ivor says...
11:15pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Just imagine fleeing China in a replica plane only to land in Wycombe....
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No doubt the pilot took one look at the state our town is in and wishes he had stayed back in China....
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.

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JamWheel says...
11:16pm Wed 27 Jan 10

I wonder if the BFP bothered phoning Wycombe Air Park to ask about it?

Or is 2+2 too hard? :)

Why a replica plane? :)

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rocketraz1982 says...
11:39pm Wed 27 Jan 10

Looks like a YAK to me i think theres a few that fly from Duxford.. Why the pilot didnt stay at the seen is very strange. Didnt anyone get the aircraft number and see what the flight plan was??? Will be interesting to see what happens!!

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JamWheel says...
11:42pm Wed 27 Jan 10

rocketraz1982 wrote:
Looks like a YAK to me i think theres a few that fly from Duxford.. Why the pilot didnt stay at the seen is very strange. Didnt anyone get the aircraft number and see what the flight plan was??? Will be interesting to see what happens!!
It's a Nanchang, a Chinese copy of the Yak.

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Michael, HP7 says...
12:30am Thu 28 Jan 10

Sounds like a bum steer.

Copper's details in report lacking, name only given.

Kids 12-years old 'witnesses' of the incident also lacking, no names.

Check out, that: that named copper a) exists; b) spoke to BFP. Timing sounds dodgy, even before half-term.
Elaborate. Public servants know their Station.

Michael, HP7

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erm says...
12:39am Thu 28 Jan 10

terrorists! Osama is in Wycombe disguised as a Widow Twanky!

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libdem_watch says...
8:54am Thu 28 Jan 10

I've seen that plane in White Waltham before.

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Bogart says...
9:25am Thu 28 Jan 10

Looks nothing like a Yak. They're big hairy things with horns and a leg at each corner.

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P.COLLINS says...
10:38am Thu 28 Jan 10

Its a big airfix kit

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678 says...
10:38am Thu 28 Jan 10

i love this story, i hope its true!!

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aspen g says...
10:39am Thu 28 Jan 10

I'm surprised they haven't tried clamping it yet....

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whitewizard says...
10:40am Thu 28 Jan 10

It's a Nanchang, a Chinese copy of the Yak. The Russian Yak has more of a rounded tailfin. Just seen it and it looks like it came to a stop only 10 metres after hitting the deck in thick mud. No pilot? Ghost plane? Just glad it's not in my loft!

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erm says...
10:51am Thu 28 Jan 10

one forum on google says that the pilot landed as a precaution, no injuries and all authorities informed. Bit of a dull ending, I prefer our ideas...

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Slacker says...
11:18am Thu 28 Jan 10

erm wrote:
one forum on google says that the pilot landed as a precaution, no injuries and all authorities informed. Bit of a dull ending, I prefer our ideas...
Yeah but why leave his plane? Surely people are taught unless you are in danger, you stay with the plane and call the authorities?

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JamWheel says...
11:21am Thu 28 Jan 10

Slacker wrote:
erm wrote:
one forum on google says that the pilot landed as a precaution, no injuries and all authorities informed. Bit of a dull ending, I prefer our ideas...
Yeah but why leave his plane? Surely people are taught unless you are in danger, you stay with the plane and call the authorities?
He did inform the necessary authorities as he was supposed to.

Once you have done that and made the aircraft safe, no point hanging around and getting cold and muddy is there?

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My Name is Earl! says...
12:15pm Thu 28 Jan 10

Old, borning news! What about the cat??!

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WycombeBodger says...
12:37pm Thu 28 Jan 10

I reckons its Steve Hayes private jet until WDC buy him a new one !!!

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stevet123 says...
12:51pm Thu 28 Jan 10

as i write now they are trying to move the plane off the muddy field, its quite a task, seeing as p collins says its a giant airfix model, stare out the window man.

they are using wooden planks and moving about 2 metres at a time

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whitewizard says...
1:21pm Thu 28 Jan 10

i was hoping that our little grey friends had borrowed it for the last 70 years, like something out of close encounters. . . shame.

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Milford12 says...
1:31pm Thu 28 Jan 10

the missing CAT was the pilot and had a quick getaway...I KNEW IT!!!

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WycombeBorn&Bred says...
1:36pm Thu 28 Jan 10

It look's like a Nanchang CJ 6 or possibly a 6A due to the wing dihedral. This is actually not a copy of YAK 18 where as the CJ 5 was basically a Yak-18 built under license in China.

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678 says...
2:15pm Thu 28 Jan 10

why are people more interested in what model it is and not HOW DID IT GET THERE!! lol

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Junior2000 says...
2:20pm Thu 28 Jan 10

I can solve this mystery, I saw Steve fossett jump out the plane and leg it, I think he ran over a black cat whilst landing.

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WycombeBorn&Bred says...
3:20pm Thu 28 Jan 10

678 wrote:
why are people more interested in what model it is and not HOW DID IT GET THERE!! lol
I think you'll find it flew there ;0)

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Steve Totteridge Hill says...
5:03pm Thu 28 Jan 10

Bogart wrote:
Looks nothing like a Yak. They're big hairy things with horns and a leg at each corner.
...and they smell!

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moosecl says...
1:24pm Fri 29 Jan 10

Milford12 wrote:
the missing CAT was the pilot and had a quick getaway...I KNEW IT!!!
I wish he did have a lucky escape...unfortunate
ly he was hit by a car and died instantly. The ****hole driver didn't even stop. Someone else picked him up and took him the vets and they called to let us know. Sweet dreams my baby I miss you so much xx

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John Ley says...
9:28pm Fri 29 Jan 10

So the plane was travelling from Denham to Maidenhead – a journey that would take about half an hour in a car and probably less than 10 minutes in a plane – the pilot should not have taken off over a populated area close to Heathrow if bad weather might have caused a problem. The fact that no one was hurt was probably down to the skill of the pilot but also to luck. As the plane made a successful landing and there is no suggestion of engine failure my guess would be that the batteries in the pilots GPS system were flat.

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