Bomber Crash, Broadway Tower, Worcestershire, England
N 52° 01.432 W 001° 50.133
30U E 579896 N 5764332
On the 2nd June 1943 an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber, Z6639, crashed in the Cotswolds by Broadway Tower in Worcestershire.
Waymark Code: WMYQE9
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/11/2018
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On the 2nd June 1943 an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber, Z6639, crashed in the Cotswolds by Broadway Tower in Worcestershire.
The following extract is taken from 'RAF Bomber Command Losses' Vol.7 - W R. Chorley re the above loss.
At the time of this tragedy, Broadway Tower was being used as a Royal Observer Corps post and first on the scene were two corps members, Albert Lowe and Ernest Hollington. Braving the flames, the two men pulled all five airmen clear and though four were dead, a fifth man was still alive. Taken to the shelter of the nearby tower, he died soon afterwards. In June 1998, a special commemorative event, marking the 55th anniversary of the crash, took place at Broadway Tower, during which a plaque and a specially commissioned painting by the artist Michael Barnard was unveiled in the tower's restaurant.