Crew of HP 52 British Bomber - Bed's
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Norfolk12
N 52° 00.441 W 000° 36.405
30U E 664259 N 5764559
A small plaque by the entrance to the field where the bomber crashed in September 1941 Killing Two of the crew.
Waymark Code: WMCDZ4
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/27/2011
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Inscription:
AS YOU WALK ALONG THIS PATH YOU WILL PASS
A POINT ON YOUR LEFT SOME 200YDS FURTHER
WHERE DURING WW2, IN THE EARLY HOURS OF
9TH SEPTEMBER 1941,A BRITISH BOMBER CRASHED
IN FLAMES KILLING SGT FORD ROWNEY AGED 23
FLIGHT SGT TONY BARKER AGED 20. THE OTHER TWO
MEMBERS OF THE CREW SGT E MORGAN & SGT J MITCHELL
SURVIVED BY BAILING OUT AND LANDED CLOSE TO THIS SPOT.
AS YOU PASS PLEASE REMEMBER THESE TWO
YOUNG AIRMEN WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR
THEIR COUNTRY AND OUR FUTURE.
link to history of HANLEY PAGE :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Hampden
Date of Dedication: 09/09/1941
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: On gate by footpath to field of growing crops
Location of waymark:
Field off Horsepool road
Husborne Crawley, Bed's United Kingdom
Commemoration: Air Crew of British bomber HP52
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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