Lancaster PB565 Crew

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Reference WMO/273017

Address:

Three Bridges

Owston Ferry Road

Owston Ferry

Owston Ferry

DN9 1BE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Stone of remembrance
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: An engraved granite plaque set within a granite boulder set on a roadside mound dedicated to the eight men lost in the crash of Lancaster PB565 on the 15th April 1945. Erected by public subscription and completed on 15th April 2020, 75 years on from the day of the loss. Dedication Service had to be cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic sweeping the country but we hope to resume on the same date next year
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In Memory of the crew of Avro Lancaster PB565 of 1667 HCU, RAF Sandtoft which crashed 150 yards beyond this stone. 15th April 1945. F/O Edward Boon Carss. 25y RAFVR Bomb Aimer Sgt Robert Bertram Roy Cook. 19y RAFVR Air Gunner (R) Fl/Sgt John William Hamilton 29y RAAF Wireless Operator Sgt Sidney James Kingdon 23y RAFVR Navigator Sgt Edwin Horace John Martin 20y RAFVR Air Gunner (M/U) Fl/Sgt Raymond Ollerton 21y RAFVR Flight Engineer F/O Bertram Arthur Savage 28y RAFVR Staff Navigator P/O Howard Percy Speed 23y RAFVR Pilot. When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrows we gave our today

F/O Edward Boon Carss. 25y RAFVR Bomb Aimer Sgt Robert Bertram Roy Cook. 19y RAFVR Air Gunner (R) Fl/Sgt John William Hamilton 29y RAAF Wireless Operator Sgt Sidney James Kingdon 23y RAFVR Navigator Sgt Edwin Horace John Martin 20y RAFVR Air Gunner (M/U) Fl/Sgt Raymond Ollerton 21y RAFVR Flight Engineer F/O Bertram Arthur Savage 28y RAFVR Staff Navigator P/O Howard Percy Speed 23y RAFVR Pilot.

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