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Creator Uses Google Maps to Locate 1953 RAF Jet Wreck in Brecon Beacons

Her video traces a risky hike that corroborates records naming Pilot Officer John Raymond Baldock as the victim.

Overview

  • Ellie Whitby of EllieMarieTV followed coordinates she spotted on Google Maps into the Welsh mountains to investigate a suspected crash site.
  • After a multi-day search, she and a companion found wreckage identified as a de Havilland Vampire fighter jet.
  • Local reports cite Aircrashsites.co.uk, which records a 1953 RAF Pembrey training crash that killed 21-year-old Pilot Officer John Raymond Baldock, who is buried in Pembrey.
  • The trek included a navigation error, with an overnight camp at Llyn y Fan Fach before realizing the intended location was Llyn y Fan Fawr miles away.
  • Footage shows hazardous terrain and water crossings, and the coordinates were described by Whitby as the scariest in a video that also features a sunken ship and "Help Me" messages in Los Angeles.