A touching 尊敬の印: The 悲劇の Second World War 衝突，墜落 場所／位置s hidden in the Welsh hills

By Frank Barrett, Mail on Sunday Travel Editor

Published: 14:12 BST, 13 October 2013 | Updated: 12:43 BST, 21 November 2013

As Remembrance Day approaches, we 解任する the millions from Britain and the 連邦／共和国 who gave their lives and are laid to 残り／休憩（する） in some corner of a foreign field. During the Second World War, however, many 軍の 死傷者s were also 苦しむd in the UK.

Poignant: Guide Jeff Calligan at the 難破 of the 衝突，墜落d Canadian 爆撃機 at Carreg Goch

In the Brecon Beacons and 黒人／ボイコット Mountains in 中央の むちの跡s, there are the 衝突，墜落 場所／位置s of no より小数の than 40 航空機.

In most 事例／患者s, they were 操縦するd by inexperienced young 乗組員s who 逸脱するd off course with 致命的な consequences.

Visiting 衝突，墜落 場所／位置s 保証（人）s a good walk in the hills and the 適切な時期 to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Guide Jeff Calligan took me for a wonderful three-and-a-half hour trek from the car park 近づく the Dan yr Ogof 洞穴s to Carreg Goch.

This is fabulous walking countryside with 素晴らしい 見解（をとる）s - and it is extraordinarily 静かな. We passed just two other people the whole time we were there.

The 衝突，墜落 場所／位置 at Carreg Goch is 平易な to 行方不明になる の中で the crags and 玉石s, but once 位置を示すd it 申し込む／申し出s an amazing sight. Here 嘘（をつく） the remains of Wellington 爆撃機 MF509, which 衝突，墜落d at about 8pm on November 20, 1944.

The Canadian 乗組員 on a training 使節団 had problems with one of the two engines. In an 試みる／企てる to work out their position, they descended below cloud level, and 攻撃する，衝突する the 味方する of Carreg Goch, 殺人，大当り all on board.

A guide 調書をとる／予約する can be bought in the Brecon Beacons 国家の Park 訪問者 centre at Libanus. It pinpoints the major 衝突，墜落 場所／位置s and identifies the 航空機 伴う／関わるd - everything from a 飛行機で行くing 要塞 to a Spitfire, Most of the 場所／位置s have poignant 記念のs and plaques placed there by family members.

The 場所／位置 of the Wellington 衝突，墜落 on Carreg Goch is strewn with little crosses and other 尊敬の印s to the young men who died. What is surprising is the 量 of 難破 that still remains: large sections of wings, a strut of the undercarriage and a 絡まる of engine 構成要素s. Sadly, 難破させる-hunters continue to take souvenirs.

Honoured: The Canadian 乗組員 of Wellington 爆撃機 MF509, which 衝突，墜落d into Carreg Goch in 1944

On the walk 支援する 負かす／撃墜する to the car park we are 迎える／歓迎するd by the 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の Gothic sprawl of Craigy-Nos, the former home of Adelina Patti, a world-renowned オペラ singer. She was born in Spain in 1843 to Italian オペラ-singing parents and became one of the best-known and highest-paid classical music performers in the world. Verdi 宣言するd her the greatest singer he had heard.

She chose this remote part of むちの跡s for her 退職, and died here in 1919. She is buried in Paris's P?re Lachaise 共同墓地. Such was the awe in which she was held that when she asked for her own 鉄道 駅／配置する to be built next to her house, the request was 認めるd 即時に.

On November 9, Good Day Out (gooddayout.co.uk) is 申し込む／申し出ing a walk to Carreg Goch with Jeff Calligan. It costs £55, with the RAF 協会 Benevolent 基金 receiving a 寄付. Award-winning nearby gastropub the Penycae Inn (penycaeinn.com) serves excellent food. For more about 中央の むちの跡s and the Brecon Beacons, see 観光旅行，事業.powys.gov.uk .