borebage53
Knife & Fork pending
I’ve posted on here about this before. The 6 RAF airmen who died when their plane came down on the edge of Burbage in January 1945. They were on a training flight and never made it home. They took off from RAF Wing in Oxfordshire and flew over Cromer and then the North Sea. When they reached a pre-determined co-ordinate the navigator set course for home. Something went wrong on the way back and they sent out a Mayday distress signal. They tried to get back either to Bramcote or what is now MIRA along the A5 near Nuneaton.The aeroplane came down and they all perished.
There has been a permanent stone memorial to these brave men for many years now and I pass by it countless times,it is only 5 minutes walk from my house.
I passed it again today on my way to Hinckley train station for todays match.
There are now 6 individual trees recently planted in a neat line adjacent to the original memorial with an individual plaque in front of each tree bearing each Airman’s name.
Something’s just stop you in your tracks and leave you breathless as it did me this morning. Those young men will never ever be for forgotten!
There has been a permanent stone memorial to these brave men for many years now and I pass by it countless times,it is only 5 minutes walk from my house.
I passed it again today on my way to Hinckley train station for todays match.
There are now 6 individual trees recently planted in a neat line adjacent to the original memorial with an individual plaque in front of each tree bearing each Airman’s name.
Something’s just stop you in your tracks and leave you breathless as it did me this morning. Those young men will never ever be for forgotten!