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Old 18th May 2006, 22:58
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jumpseater
 
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I just happened upon this today, on the way home from dropping the kids at school. I saw the cross and the sun bleached poppy which drew my attention for a closer look.



The inscription reads:
3.12.43 200 yards from this cross, the crew of 9 Sqdn (Bardney) Lancaster DV334, crashed in fog, out of fuel, after surviving the horrors of a raid on Berlin, icing, flak, night fighters,

P/O Warwick
Flt SGT Butterfield
Sgt Graham
Sgt Jones
Sgt Davidson
Sgt Muon
458 aircraft on this sortie
40 failed to return
The aircraft crashed about three miles from Gamston airfield, so near and yet so far.

RIP
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