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The wartime bomber crash that narrowly missed a village

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:58 am
by Moggy
The fatal crash of a wartime bomber, which narrowly missed a village, is being remembered 80 years on.

Seven RAF crew - aged from 19 to 24 - were killed when their Halifax caught fire after being hit by anti-aircraft fire on 6 July 1944.

But witnesses at the time believed the actions of the crew in not bailing out possibly saved the lives of those on the ground in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire.

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