Plaque tribute to World War II airmen

The air crash memorial plaque at Stiperstones

Five wartime airmen who died when their bomber crashed into a Shropshire hillside have been commemorated with the unveiling of a memorial in a small, simple ceremony.

Service personnel, the Royal British Legion, and local residents whose work and fundraising made the memorial possible attended the event at Stiperstones yesterday, writes Toby Neal.

The memorial plaque stands at the entrance to Mytton Dingle where, on February 15, 1944, a Whitley bomber based at RAF Sleap, near Wem, came down, killing all aboard. A glider it was towing cast off and landed safely.

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