Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO BERLIN TO BLACK HILL - WWII HAMPDEN CRASH SITE MEMORIAL (1) ON THE NIGHT OF 17/18 APRIL 1941 A TWIN ENGINED HANDLEY PAGE HAMPDEN BOMBER S/N AD730 OF 50 SQUADRON RAF LINDHOLME YORKSHIRE WAS RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION TO BERLIN. IT HAD VEERED DRAMATICALLY OFF COURSE AND WAS DESPERATELY SHORT OF FUEL OVER THE WICKLOW MOUNTAINS IN IRELAND. IT CRASHED ON BLACK HILL NEAR LACKEN CO. WICKLOW KILLING ALL FOUR CREW WHOSE BODIES LAY ON THE MOUNTAIN FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE THEY WERE DISCOVERED. FUNERALS FOR THE CREW TOOK PLACE AT ST MARY'S CHURCH BLESSINGTON THE FOUR COFFINS EACH DRAPED IN THE UNION FLAG WERE CARRIED BY SOLDIERS OF THE IRISH ARMY ESCORTED BY A GUARD OF HONOUR TOGETHER WITH HIGH RANKING IRISH ARMY OFFICERS REPRESENTING THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND CHIEFS OF STAFF. IT WAS ATTENDED BY THE BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE SIR JOHN MAFFEY LADY MAFFEY AND THEIR DAUGHTER MRS MAX AITKEN. DURING THE FUNERAL ALL SHOPS IN BLESSINGTON WERE CLOSED AND THEIR BLINDS DRAWN AS A MARK OF RESPECT. ALL FOUR BODIES WERE BURIED IN BLESSINGTON CHURCHYARD EACH SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED BY INDIVIDUAL HEADSTONES OF THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION. THERE IS ALSO A MEMORIAL IN BLESSINGTON CHURCH. SEE WWW.WW2IRISHAVIATION.COM/AD730.HTM FOR A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE TRAGEDY.IN APRIL 1991 A MEMORIAL COLUMN INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THE FOUR RAF CREW WHO DIED WAS ERECTED CLOSE TO THE CRASH SITE ON BLACK HILL. 2016 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) MIKE SEARLE PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO MSV-1144 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Mike Searle obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
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Period: 1945 - Present
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