B-17 Fl455 - 519 Squadron Air Crash


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Reference WMO/277947

Address:

Halsary

Mybster

KW12 6UP

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cairn
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Low cemented cairn with memorial tablet. B-17 FL455 of 519 Sqadron flew into ground returning from Met.Flight in bad weather on 1 February 1945.# The exacr location of the memorial is at National Grid Reference ND 17290 48311, which is South of Halsary, about 3 miles south of Mybster Crossroads, between Thurso and Dunbeath
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(Names) WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM AND THEIR COMRADES OF 519 MET RECCE SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE WICK WHO FLEW BEYOND THE STORMS INTO THE SUNSET

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