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851: 156: 149: 827: 462: 839: 31: 458:, where, at 18:15, an aircraft's engine was heard spluttering. The impact into the north hillside killed Jean in an instant. The commonly accepted reason for the crash is the fog in the area, which had already downed 20 planes from the Polish 317 Squadron (the squadron he was delivering the Spitfire to). 361:, and one from Coombe Lane (off the B3162 between Broadwindsor and Bridport, just before the Four Ash crossroads). The Coombe Lane footpath leads to the hill via another, smaller hill, Crabb's Hill, which is privately owned. The east–west footpath is part of the 495:
Jean is known as "The Forgotten Pilot" in the area, as his legacy and the crash were forgotten after the 1960's after the initial memorial was overgrown. Andrew Framptom bought the name to public attention after a
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infection forced him to stay home. He gathered funding and help from the National Trust and organised a memorial service on Tuesday, 15 March 2022, during which a new, permanent memorial was unveiled.
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members, Jack Frampton, Jack Wakely, and John Studley, were on guard that night, and climbed the hill to investigate. They found Jean's body, however the incident was kept secret by the
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and therefore acting as a protective cap. Like its neighbouring hills, it is a surviving remnant of the greensand and gault layers which once would have overlayed the
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of Dorset. Its summit is an elongated ridge surrounded by beech woods. The actual summit is a low grassy mound at the east end of the ridge. For many years, nearby
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On Sunday the 15th of March 1942 in the early afternoon, Jean entered his Spitifre Mk Vb BL463 (Berar 1), with the intention of delivering it to
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are still visible although they have been disturbed or created by gravel quarrying and timber removal. The remains of the hillfort are a
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in Surrey, before being given to Brussels on Thursday October 20, 1949, 219 days after the crash. He received a headstone at
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and farmer in the area. He kept it under his bed for 75 years before donating it to the Beaminster Museum
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to not damage local morale. The body was taken to the Bridport Hospital Mortuary and buried at
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A view of the gate from the Broadwindsor path, with the Spitfire memorial in the bottom right
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property. There are two main footpaths leading up to the summit, one from the village of
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geology of the surrounding valleys. In this respect, it is an outlier of Devon's
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Lewesdon Hill stands about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of
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Many of the high hills in Dorset, including its neighbour
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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Staple Hill
Listing
Marilyn
Hardy
County Top
Coordinates
50°48′28″N 2°47′59″W / 50.8077°N 2.7996°W / 50.8077; -2.7996
Lewesdon Hill is located in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset
OS grid
ST437011
Topo map
OS
Easiest route
Beaminster
Wessex Ridgeway
Broadwindsor
Dorset
National Trust
Dorset National Landscape
Beaminster
Broadwindsor
Pilsdon Pen
Marshwood Vale
River Axe

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