Crew of 101 Squadron Wellington Z8860

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Reference WMO/264509

Address:

All Saints Church

Church End

Rampton

CB24 5PS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stone of remembrance
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Memorial to the crew of 101 Squdron Wellington Z8860 SR-? that crashed close to this site on 30-31 August 1941. The aircraft departed Oakington at 2110 for Ops Hamburg. Fully loaded the aircraft failed to gain height and after two miles it struck trees crashed and caught fire in the vicinity of Rampton Church. The cause was believed to due to overheating engines and open ventilation grills. Whilst all the crew are listed on this memorial, only two were killed; Sergeant Barlow (Front Gunner) and Pilot Officer Crichton RAAF (Observer) who died from his injuries on 1 September 1941. Interestingly (uniquely??) the memorial is on the rear of an entirely separate grave head stone & plot visible immediately behind it. On checking the names of those listed on the head stone there does not appear to be any connection to any of the crew involved in the aircraft crash. It seems this is/was more a case of simply using "available" space to record & remember the local events of 1941??
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CREW OF VICKERS WELLINGTON/IC Z8860 OF 101 SQUADRON/CRASHED AT RAMPTON/ON OPERATION TO HMBURG/30-31 AUGUST 1941/[names]

PLT OFFICER REYNOLDS/ PLT OFFICER O L CRICHTON/ SGT L A NAUZE/ SGT O W BARLOW/ SGT MYERS

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