Memorial Crash B17 Flying Fortress
This memorial, within the St. Mary Church, commemorates the crash of a B17 Flying Fortress from the 100th Bomb Group stationed at Thorpe Abbotts, on 7 May 1944. Five crewmenvers were killed. It also commemorates the crewmembers of two P47 Thunderbolts from the American 5th Emergency Squadron based at Halesworth which collided.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Keith Evans
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