Category Aircraft Memorials

PB366 Kenyon Crew (Great Paxton)

Administrator
  • Memorial to: Crew of Lancaster PB366 (24/12/1944)
  • Memorial Location: Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Great Paxton
  • Installation Date: Yet to be advised
  • Loss Details: – Read More –

(May 2021)

The Great Paxton History Society has obtained planning permission to erect a memorial in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Great Paxton, to remember the crew of Lancaster PB366, which crashed in Great Paxton on Christmas Eve 1944. This will replace the current memorial to the crew

The current memorial to the crew (2021)
[Courtesy of Graham James]

W7657 Marks Crew (Blesme)

Administrator
  • Memorial to: Crew of Halifax W7657
  • Location: Blesme, France
  • Installation Date: 19th September 1992
  • Loss details: – Read More –
halifax-w7657-memorial
W7657.jpg

[Source: aerosteles.net]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Booklet produced for the unveiling ceremony

Thanks to Roger Bedford for providing me with a copy of the twenty-one page booklet that was produced for the unveiling ceremony

Extracts from the booklet [Courtesy of Roger Bedford]
A copy of the complete booklet is held at the Marham Aviation Heritage Centre

Note: Monsieur Robert Boulonne saw the aircraft crash when he was a teenager. When he was Monsieur Le Maire of Blesme, he arranged for the roadside memorial to be commissioned and installed. 

L9489 Crew (Merrist Wood)

Administrator
  • Memorial to: Crew of Halifax L9489 (10th March 1941)
  • Memorial Location: Merrist Wood Golf Club, Surrey
  • Installation Date: Not Known
  • Loss details: – Read More –

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

A display cabinet in the club house, contains artefacts relating to the loss

A Rather Sad Beginning (The Story of Halifax L9489]

A booklet entitled “A Rather Sad Beginning (The Story of Halifax L9489]” has been produced by Dennis Hoppe

Extract from booklet produced by Dennis Hoppe
A complete version of this booklet is held at Marham Aviation Heritage Centre

HR851 Pexton Crew (Watton)

Administrator
  • Memorial to: Crew of Halifax HR851 (29th July 1943)
  • Memorial Location: St. Mary’s Church, Watton, East Yorkshire
  • Installation Date: 8th September 1946
  • Loss Details: – Read More –
  • EY Watton 2
    One of the windows, showing the names of HC Pexton and the four members of the crew who failed to return, with the bottom pane showing a map of their last flight from Graveley to the Target. [Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]
  • The map showing Graveley in relation to the Target and the burial place at Luneburg
  • A further window contains the No. 35 Squadron crest, and five kneeling airmen, depicting HC Pexton with the four crew members

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Project]

The Dedication Ceremony

Dedication Ceremony [Courtesy of Kevin Gummer]

Newspaper Cutting

Watton Newspaper Cutting [Courtesy of Kevin Gummer].JPG
[Courtesy of Kevin Gummer]