Carrier tree

[carrierbarry]

Not sure if this is the right place for this thread.
Near where I live there is a oak tree halfway down the hill.
At the weekend an old timer in the village told me it marks the spot where in 1943, 4 canadian troops were killed when there Bren Gun carrier rolled over whilst practising for the Normandy landings.
I've driven passed this oak on the bottom road in my carrier for aleast 5 years and never know.
In the summer I intend to climb up and have a better look. Maybe even have a perminant marker made.

" We will remember them"

Barry

The hill is Dunstable Downs, near Luton
Bedfordshire,
England

[lynx42]

Barry,
That's a great idea. To little has been done in the past to mark the memory of those killed in training accidents.
Here in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia at Bairnsdale, we have a memorial garden to comemorate the 191 Airforce personnel who perished during training accidents flying from the Bairnsdale and Sale RAAF bases during WW2.
These were mostly in Avro Ansons, Hudsons, and Beauforts.
The 'Beuafort Gardens' are a community asset and are visited every day by visitors to the area. (The Helicopter Recue Service landing pad is also right there, as it is across the road from our hospital.)
Moves are afoot to get the Goverment to classify the gardens as a 'Memorial of National Significance.'

Regards Rick

[RichardT10829]

tradgic.... i live close to what was formerly RAF Morpeth (the forgotten airfield) which was used to train polish pilots and gunners for bomber crew. there was reports of a mid air collision in the papers killing both crews during the war, people dont get to hear about those killed in training but i reckon the cast of the dead must be in the thousands.

Richard