2020

TG0039 : Memorial to the crew of B24, Liberator, 42-50717

taken 4 years ago, near to Field Dalling, Norfolk, England

Memorial to the crew of B24, Liberator, 42-50717
Memorial to the crew of B24, Liberator, 42-50717
466th BG (H), 785th B Sqdn. B24 'Berlin Bound' took off from RAF / USAAF Attlebridge on 15 February 1945, during assembly number 2 engine caught fire causing the a/c to crash at Field Dalling near Langham. Six of the crew were killed in the crash, three had managed to parachute from the plane to safety, two bailed out over the sea and drowned.
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Wartime aircraft crash Memorials

During the Second World War hundreds of aircrew were lost in accidents while training, landing, taking off or attempting to get back to their base with a badly damaged aircraft.
By creating this shared description and collecting them into one place I will not only pay tribute to the men who lost their lives in the line of duty but hopefully give some scale to the cost in lives.
These are just the ones who have a memorial; there are hundreds more who have no memorial or were lost at sea. They should not be forgotten. Their lives were equally precious.
In Honour of those who served and in Memory of those who fell.


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TG0039, 43 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 3 March, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 0025 3963 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:55.0050N 0:58.6198E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 00245 39652
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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