This cache is named after the Fairey Swordfish aircraft in which my Grandfather, Corporal Cyril John Coles, was killed in a tragic accident on 18 March 1938. More can be read if you are interested in the links attached but basically my Grandads plane (he was not the pilot) flew into a high hill, rising very quickly from the sea, in the beautiful Swyre Valley, near Corfe Castle in Dorset in thick fog. All three occupants lost their lives, my Mum (Rosemary Ellis nee Coles) and a Torpinter, never knew him as she was just three months old at the time. His grave is in this cemetery near by, I take pride in tending it regularly, along with other graves of loved ones.
By a sad twist of fate another aircraft, a Canadian Consolidated Liberator crashed in almost the same spot oin the same conditions on June 15, 1945, all twenty seven on board died.
By various contacts and a lot of effort, a memorial dedication took place for these men on 25 October 2007, organised kindly by Dorset Air Crew Association. I attended that dedication with my family, Mum included and wow, what a moving time. The last post was truly amazing, no dry eyes from me.
More can be read if you are interested in the links below:
http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/k5985.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=25114