Catalina Z2148 Air Crash

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Reference WMO/266325

Address:

St Magnus Kirk

B9081

Hamnavoe, South Yell, Shetland

ZE2 9BA

Scotland

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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 Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Memorial stone dedicated to those servicemen who lost their lives in an air crash on Yell on 19 January 1942. See also WMO/272630 for the Crash Site Memorial
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ERECTED BY/THE INHABITANTS OF /YELL/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/[names]/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN A/FLYING ACCIDENT ON THE ISLAND/ON 19TH JAN. 1942/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/HIS FRIENDS"

F-LT H. GOOLDEN/ F.O. L.S. SCHELL R.C.A.F./ SGT D.R. BREAKSPEAR/ SGT L.ROWE/ SGT A.PITCHER/ SGT S. IRVINE SGT. E. HENOWY

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