Memorial

Avro Lancaster LL686

Lancaster Bomber 432 Squadron RCAF

Source: Copyright John E Scurr

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Current Location

Old Court House, Aldborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, YO51 9EX, England

SE 40610 66288

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 29864
Description: Wall-mounted nowy-headed metal plaque. Painted blue plaque with white lettering. Low relief of Lancaster at top centre.
Inscription: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE GALLANT CREW OF THE LANCASTER BOMBER OF/ 432 SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, BASED AT EASTMOOR, WHICH CRASHED/ NEAR ALDBOROUGH ON THE EVENING OF 2ND FEBRUARY 1944./ THEIR AIRCRAFT, ON A CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT, HAD CAUGHT FIRE/ AND WAS LOSING HEIGHT WHEN THE PILOT, WITH GREATER SKILL, MANAGED TO/ AVOID THE VILLAGE AND INSTEAD CAME DOWN ON STUDFORTH HILL,/ A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE SOUTH./ THE CREW WERE/ (Names)/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE VILLAGERS OF THE ALDBOROUGH TO/ COMMEMORATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR NOBLE SACRIFICE/ 1994

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 7
Died: 7
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Unknown