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| Woodborough 1966 jets' crash: 'Amazing no-one was hurt' | Woodborough 1966 jets' crash: 'Amazing no-one was hurt' |
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| Fifty years ago two aerobatic jets collided mid-air over a village, with the pilots and residents miraculously escaping serious injury. | |
| Debris was showered over a wide area in Woodborough, Nottinghamshire, in 1966, when the Provost planes crashed. | |
| "It was a miracle no-one was killed," said David Rose, talking of the crash, which happened as children were walking to school. | "It was a miracle no-one was killed," said David Rose, talking of the crash, which happened as children were walking to school. |
| Two of the pilots are due to take part in an anniversary event in the village. | |
| "One pilot [who'd ejected, floated down] a few yards away from me," said Mr Rose. | |
| He said he asked the pilot if he "was okay and took him in my Land Rover to get help". | |
| John Hoyland, of history group Woodborough Heritage, said it was amazing debris did not "hit any people". | John Hoyland, of history group Woodborough Heritage, said it was amazing debris did not "hit any people". |
| "It would have been spread from the butcher's shop to the top of Roe Lane and as far as Foxwood House which is an area of about half a mile," he said. | "It would have been spread from the butcher's shop to the top of Roe Lane and as far as Foxwood House which is an area of about half a mile," he said. |
| One news report of the day said the only casualty was a man who was stung by nettles when he dove into a ditch to avoid some falling debris. | One news report of the day said the only casualty was a man who was stung by nettles when he dove into a ditch to avoid some falling debris. |
| "[But] it was total chaos. I could see debris flying everywhere," another eyewitness, Mike Batt, remembered. | "[But] it was total chaos. I could see debris flying everywhere," another eyewitness, Mike Batt, remembered. |
| "It was scattered all over the village. | "It was scattered all over the village. |
| "The schoolchildren were just walking to school at the time, as everyone walked in those days, but none of them were hurt." | "The schoolchildren were just walking to school at the time, as everyone walked in those days, but none of them were hurt." |
| A Daily Mail article reported that four aircraft were in the air in total, two of which "brushed while in formation" and crashed. | A Daily Mail article reported that four aircraft were in the air in total, two of which "brushed while in formation" and crashed. |
| "The two instructors and a student pilot parachuted to safety," it noted. | "The two instructors and a student pilot parachuted to safety," it noted. |
| Margaret Freeman, who was 23 at the time, was working at the post office on the village's main street when a customer ran in saying a plane was about to crash. | Margaret Freeman, who was 23 at the time, was working at the post office on the village's main street when a customer ran in saying a plane was about to crash. |
| "One of the pilots parachuted from the plane and landed near the Four Bells and the other one landed near Mrs Russell's house on Main Street," she remembered. | "One of the pilots parachuted from the plane and landed near the Four Bells and the other one landed near Mrs Russell's house on Main Street," she remembered. |
| Mrs Freeman said she went to the crash site later and took "a small piece of metal" from the plane that she kept as a souvenir. | Mrs Freeman said she went to the crash site later and took "a small piece of metal" from the plane that she kept as a souvenir. |
| She said villagers gathered at the church later for a service of thanksgiving to celebrate the fact that no one was killed. | She said villagers gathered at the church later for a service of thanksgiving to celebrate the fact that no one was killed. |
| Mr Rose, who took a series of black and white photos on the day, added: "I always carry a camera with me and I had one that day - an old Kodak Brownie. | Mr Rose, who took a series of black and white photos on the day, added: "I always carry a camera with me and I had one that day - an old Kodak Brownie. |
| "I took a photo of the debris that landed in Governor's Field - if it had landed a few yards further it would have destroyed the vicarage." | "I took a photo of the debris that landed in Governor's Field - if it had landed a few yards further it would have destroyed the vicarage." |
| Janet Hill, now 89, wife of the village butcher, said: "We were in the shop and the dog came running in because of the loud bang. | |
| "When we went out - there was a fuel tank was sitting in the yard." | "When we went out - there was a fuel tank was sitting in the yard." |
| Howard Heeley, of the Newark Air Museum, said: "There is a church memorial (in Woodborough) to the crash that says 'Thanks be to God no one was hurt'. | Howard Heeley, of the Newark Air Museum, said: "There is a church memorial (in Woodborough) to the crash that says 'Thanks be to God no one was hurt'. |
| "It it is the only (air crash) memorial in Nottinghamshire that I know of that commemorates the living instead of the dead. | "It it is the only (air crash) memorial in Nottinghamshire that I know of that commemorates the living instead of the dead. |
| "One thing is certain - the airmen were lucky and village was lucky that day." | "One thing is certain - the airmen were lucky and village was lucky that day." |