Blue plaque № 50272

Aldborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

In grateful memory of the gallant crew of the Lancaster Bomber of 432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Airforce, based at Eastmoor, which crashed near Aldborough on the evening of 2nd February 1944. Their aircraft, on a cross-country training flight, had caught fire and was losing height when the pilot, wit

h great skill, managed to avoid the village and instead came down on Studforth Hill, a short distance to the south. The crew were Pilot Officer J G Sleben RCAF, Pilot, 24; Flying Officer D S Kerr RCAF

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