My first post so apologies if this has already appeared on this forum.
One problem was that a news blackout was often imposed during the war on such tragedies, whether due to enemy action or otherwise. As the years went by, witnesses died or moved away and memories receded. People also preferred to forget deeply distressing incidents in their lives.
However, these omissions can be and are being remedied.
This happened only at the end of our road on 30 April 1941. You can still see the oddly 'pruned' fir tree that finally halted the aircraft's progress.
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