Richard E Flagg of UK-Airfields, Attended the dedication of a new memorial in Syleham Suffolk on the 16th March 2024. Memorial dedication to the 8 crew who died in the crash of Avro Lancaster LM464 of 101 Squadron. They were returning from a raid over Frankfurt in the early hours of 19 March 1944 when they crashed in rural Suffolk. A plaque has been unveiled at the Village hall and another near to the crash site.
David King of the Aircrew Remembrance Society made contact with two of the relatives prior to this event and was able to offer assistance in the form of information regarding to the location of this crash. #ukairfields #aircrewremembrancesociety #lancaster #wewillrememberthem #remembrancedayiseveryday #101squadron #raf #remembrance #ww2 #aircrewmemorial

On the 20th September 2008 a small plaque and cross was erected by The Aircrew Remembrance Society, in memory of the crew of B25 Mitchell FL193. In a short but moving ceremony the cross was unveiled by the daughter of one of the crew, Trish Masters. Trish in the company of her daughter Karina were there to remember father and grandfather, Sgt. Eric Bailey and his three comrades, killed at the site on the 21st September 1943, the event of the ceremony therefore taking place on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the crash. Pictures show Trish at the unveiling.

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David is seen here prior to the aircraft recovery where he gave a speech in remembrance of the crew followed by a minutes silence. A plaque produced by the society in memory of the crew, was presented to the land owner at the end of the recovery.

The burial, at the Bergen General Cemetery, followed a Commemorative Service in the town conducted by the Reverend (Squadron Leader) Tim Wright and Father Kees Groenewout.
Hampden P1206 of 49 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire at 1714 hrs on 8 November 1941 for an intruder sortie in the Bocholt area of Germany, but failed to return. The aircraft was attacked over the coast by a German night fighter and crashed shortly after 2100 hrs onto farmland along the Dorfstrasse of Berkhout in the neighbourhood of Hoorn.
The remains of two of the crew, Warrant Officer Christopher Saunders DFM (Distinguished Flying Medal) RAF and Sergeant James D'Arcy RAFVR (RAF Volunteer Reserve), were recovered at the time by the Germans and buried in Bergen General Cemetery.
Attempts to recover the other two crew members, Sgt. Stanley Mullenger RAFVR and Sgt. John (Jack) Kehoe RAF, were unsuccessful.