No 11 OTU

[SKYBYWAYS]

No 11 OTU RAF Westcott (satellite Oakley) located some 5 miles SW of North Marston in Bucks. In January 1945 a Wellington crashed in a local field and three members of the RNZAF and three members RAFVER lost their lives. A commemorative plaque is now to be raised in our Church in April of this year - being attended by relatives of all crew including those coming from NZ. we are searching for information, reminiscences and pics of contemporary happenings and people. Since they were allegedly pushing through 45 pilots and 80 other crew members per month there must surely be some groundcrew, aircrew or others who may be able to assist. Any response will be much appreciated.

[SKYBYWAYS]

No 11 OTU Westcott (satellite Oakley) was located some 5 miles SW of North
Marston in Bucks. In January 1945 a Wellington (HE740) crashed in a village field and three RNZAF crew and three RAFVR crew lost their lives. It is the intention to erect commemorative plaque in our church in April this year. We are urgently searching for more information, reminiscences or pictures of contemporary happenings and people. Since they were allegedly pushing through some 45 pilots and 80 other aircrew per month there must surely be some ground crew, aircrew or others who can help us. Any response will be most gratefully received.

[Wensleydale]

Try on this facebook page - there are a lot of knowledgeable people on it!


https://www.facebook.com/groups/255939627858660/

[David Thompson]

A superb booklet detailing the accident and its aftermath can be found here ;
http://northmarstonhistory.org.uk/docs/Bomber%20Booklet.pdf