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6ft {l.-I H 91$1 Memorial plaque unveiled at station remembers air crash t~ tffft 2(;1 tJ Visit our website www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk TWO hundred pe~ple gathered to honour a five-man crew who lost their lives in a plane crash 46 years ago. Among those who attended the ceremony at Market Rasen train station, organised by the Station AdoptionGroup,wereRichardMills andDeborahLewis - the children of Flight Lieutenant GeorgeMills. MrMillshad travelledfromAscot, and Mrs Lewis from Somerset, to unveil a commemorativeplaque on the Grimsby·bound platform. MrsLewissaid:"Iwasveryyoung at the tLrne, orJy fcur years old, and have distant memories of my father,but not ofthat night. Itwas a tragiC accident and this is a very . [email protected].uk emotional day for my brother and I. "I thank the Station Adoption Group for providing this fitting tribute." . The crash happened on May 6, 1964. Brian Oxborrow was at home in LinwoodDriveinthetownwhenhe heard what he described as a "whooshingsound" in the sky. "I had just goneto bed and heard an aircraft. My wife said she ~ thought it was going to crash and suddenly the sky lit up a pale blue, then silver bits felloverthe town." The pliille, a V1illant WZ463, crashed at WestFarm on Linwood Road. Local people· praised the actionofthecrew,ledbypilotFlight Lieutenant Christopher Welles, in diverting the plane from the housing areas. The other three who died that night were Navigator Flight Lieu· tenant JR Stringer,NavigatorFlight Lieutenant LR Hawkins and SergeantRNoble. Members of 207 Squadron, past and present, came to pay their respects. "i;j The Market Rasen RPC Band accompanied the hymns at a • FlASHBACK: How the Telegraph· memorialanddedicationserviceled reported the crash in 1964. by the Chaplain at RAF Marham \ Norfolk, where the crashed plane address: "We commemorate today wasbased, Padre James Cauilleld. the crew, men who in their rmal Michael Feane was based at RAF moments grew support to one Binbrookat the time. another.· Hesaid:"Theplanewaspickedup "Flying is still dangerous and in on the PBX,a tracking system, and .action men need true courage and said to be heading for base at RAF dedication. Marham. Then it was gone, the "Weowethese men our gratitude crash was believedto be caused by and wesay howwonderfulit is that mechanieal failure." the Station Adoption Group have Jane Bridger, living in the town chosen to organise this oc~asion:" then, and nowwifeofMarketRasen The memorial plaque was funded Town Mayor Ken· Bridger also by the RAF Waddington Charities shared her memories. Committee. "I remember all the bits dropping MarketRasenstation has in recent onthetoWIl.Fivemenlosttheir lives yearsbeenasuccessstoryofdevoted that night and webelievedthey did voluntary restoration work,thanks their best to avoid crashing on to the Station Adoption Group,led houses." by John Skelton and inCluding Padre Caulfield said in his volunteers such as Mr Oxborrow.
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Memorial plaque unveiled at station remembers air crash
t~ tffft 2(;1 tJVisit our website www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk
TWO hundred pe~plegathered to honour afive-man crew who losttheir lives in a planecrash 46 years ago.Among those who attended the
ceremony at Market Rasen trainstation, organised by the StationAdoptionGroup,wereRichardMillsand DeborahLewis- the children ofFlight Lieutenant GeorgeMills.MrMillshad travelled fromAscot,
and Mrs Lewis from Somerset, tounveil a commemorative plaque onthe Grimsby·boundplatform.Mrs Lewissaid: "Iwas very young
at the tLrne,orJy fcur years old, andhave distant memories of myfather, but not of that night. It was atragiC accident and this is a very
emotional day for my brother andI."I thank the Station Adoption
Group for providing this fittingtribute." .The crash happened on May 6,
1964.Brian Oxborrow was at home in
LinwoodDrive in the townwhen heheard what he described as a"whooshing sound" in the sky."I had just gone to bed and heard
an aircraft. My wife said she ~thought it was going to crash andsuddenly the sky lit up a pale blue,then silver bits fell over the town."The pliille, a V1illant WZ463,
crashed at West Farm on LinwoodRoad. Local people· praised theaction ofthe crew,ledbypilot FlightLieutenant Christopher Welles, indiverting the plane from thehousing areas.The other three who died that
night were Navigator Flight Lieu·tenant JR Stringer,NavigatorFlightLieutenant LR Hawkins andSergeant RNoble.Members of 207 Squadron, past
and present, came to pay theirrespects.
"i;j The Market Rasen RPC Bandaccompanied the hymns at a
• FlASHBACK: How the Telegraph· memorial anddedicationservice ledreported the crash in 1964. by the Chaplain at RAF Marham
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Norfolk, where the crashed plane address: "We commemorate todaywas based, Padre James Cauilleld. the crew, men who in their rmalMichael Feane was based at RAF moments grew support to one
Binbrook at the time. another.·He said: "The plane was pickedup "Flying is still dangerous and in
on the PBX,a tracking system, and .action men need true courage andsaid to be heading for base at RAF dedication.Marham. Then it was gone, the "Weowe these men our gratitudecrash was believed to be caused by and we say howwonderful it is thatmechanieal failure." the Station Adoption Group haveJane Bridger, living in the town chosen to organise this oc~asion:"
then, and nowwifeofMarket Rasen The memorial plaque was fundedTown Mayor Ken· Bridger also by the RAF Waddington Charitiesshared her memories. Committee."I remember all the bits dropping MarketRasenstation has in recent
onthe toWIl.Fivemenlost their lives years beena successstory ofdevotedthat night and we believed they did voluntary restoration work, thankstheir best to avoid crashing on to the Station Adoption Group, ledhouses." by John Skelton and inCludingPadre Caulfield said in his volunteers such as Mr Oxborrow.
