Memorial

Avro Lancaster DV290

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Hangman's Stone Lane, Welford, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 7EX, England

SU 41886 75811

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 3704
Description: Landscape orientated metal plaque mounted on a slanting stone set on a two-tone blue brick plinth. Engraved inscription and names with two badges, one at either side in top corners of plaque. Beneath the inscriptions is an engraved side elevation of Lancaster bomber, SR-X DV290.
Inscription: (RAF badge)/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE CREW OF AVRO LANCASTER DV290/ AN ABC-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT/ OF/ "C" FLIGHT/ 101 SQUADRON/ RAF LUDFORD MAGNA/ (101 Squadron badge)/ (Names)/ WHO DIED WHEN THEIR/ AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THIS AIRFIELD/ DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF THE 31st MARCH 1944/ WHILST RETURNING FROM A RAID ON NUREMBURG/ (Depiction of Lancaster DV200)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank, service, squadron, date of death, manner of death