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Daventry War Memorial and American Airmen Plaque

Daventry War Memorial and American Airmen Plaque

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Daventry War Memorial and American Airmen Plaque

Name: Daventry War Memorial and American Airmen Plaque
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Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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1. Hiking loop from Daventry

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2. Hiking loop from Daventry

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3. Hiking loop from Ashby Fields

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Sasha Taylor

November 21, 2020

Daventry War Memorial including plaque to 9 American Serviceman details below:

The Norton B-17
On the 15th of December 1944 B-17G Flying Fortress 43-38973 of the 305th Bomb Group, 422nd Bombardment Squadron based at Chelveston was returning from a bombing mission over the mashalling yards at Kassel in Germany.

It had been badly damaged and one engine was out. The aircraft managed to return from the raid but once over the coast it began to have difficulty in maintaining height. The problems were compounded by a complete blanket of fog over England.

Not sure of their position they flew lower and lower and eventually collided with the Air Ministry GEE mast on Borough Hill Daventry. The port wing was severed during the collision and the aircraft crashed at Norton Fields killing the crew of nine.

On August the 24th 2014 Sywell Aviation Museum carried out an excavation to locate the remains of the aircraft. All artefacts recovered during this excavation may be viewed in a special display within the museum.

On the 24th of August 2015 a memorial service was held at the Daventry War Memorial and a plaque was unveiled to the crew by the son and grand daughter of the ball gun turret operator Sgt. Burry.

The USAF was represented at the memorial service by Lieut.Col Ford, Commander of the 422nd Medical Squadron USAF from RAF Croughton and sir Tim Boswell, Deputy Lord Lieut. of Northamptonshire representing the county.

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Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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Daventry War Memorial and American Airmen Plaque

1. Hiking loop from Daventry

2. Hiking loop from Daventry

3. Hiking loop from Ashby Fields

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