The crew of World War II Lancaster W4904 remembered

Caroline Flint and ward councillors joined residents and veterans at the unveiling of a plaque to the crew of a World War II Lancaster W4904 which crashed in Old Edlington in 1943.

The crew of Lancaster W4904 were Pilot William Turley, Raymond Pearce, Arthur Howell and Roger Weston, who were British; Reg Butler and Roy Brown, who were Canadian and Adam Mullen, an American servicing with the Royal Canadian Airforce. Old Edlington's oldest resident, David Glover unveiled the plaque with Eric Clark, a 99 year old veteran of bomber command, as a Lancaster bomber passed overhead.