plane lane

Writing in the latest Ox Box magazine - which has replaced the PE SAAF Museum's Pathfinder online magazine, compiled by well known Port Elizabeth artist, Don Bell, a 1942 plane crash in Walmer is recalled in an article by Paul Stringer titled Anson crashes on Walmer House. Interesting to note is that this is where Plane Lane in Walmer got it's name from. In the early hours of 31st October 1942 Avro Anson 3296 failed to gain height on take off for a dawn operational flight, and struck … [Read more...] about Walmer Plane Crash