being a resident of Edinburgh, I frequently walk the dog and cycle in the pentland hills, but until I read an article on-line the other day, I'd no idea that there was a JU88 crash site so close to home that wasn't just a dent in the heather! Junkers Ju88A-14, werk no. 144357 coded 3E+HM of 11 / KG 6 crashed on Hare Hill in the Pentlands on the 25th March 1943. It had been on a bombing raid to Leith(Edinburgh docks) dropped its bombs on open fields and crashed, sadly all the crew were killed. Horst Bluhm Pilot Willi Euler Observer Fritz Forster w/op air gunner Heinz Kristall w/op air gunner After so long it was nice to see so much debris still lying around, the recent rain had washed some small bits & pieces from the hill, so I added those to the pile. I've stuck a note in my diary to visit again next March....
