Plane Crash St Margaret’s Hertfordshire 1954
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bill&ben
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In the grounds of St Margaret’s church is a log taken from the nearby vicarage garden that has an aircraft fragment from a crashed Canberra bomber embedded in it.
Waymark Code: WM8B48
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/05/2010
Views: 11
On the 20th December 1954 a Canberra B2 bomber, WE119, lost control at high altitude and dived into the ground at St Margaret’s. The plane was on a training flight from 231 OCU at Bassingbourne. The plane crashed into the New River (an aquaduct serving London) at a point between the church and St Margaretsbury, at that time a children’s home. The three man crew died, but fortunately no one on the ground was hurt.
In the grounds of St Margaret’s church there is a log from a tree in the vicarage garden that blew down in a gale on January 25th 1990. Embedded in the log is a piece of the Canberra bomber and a sign relating the history of the event.
Date of Crash: 12/20/1954
Aircraft Model: Canberra B2
Military or Civilian: Military
Cause of Crash:
Loss of control at high altitude on a training flight
Web Address for Related Web Sites: Not listed
Tail Number: Not listed
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