Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Trophy / Relic
- District
- South Northamptonshire
- Town
- Rothersthorpe
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37427
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Current location
Internal north doorway of Nave,
St. Peter & St. Paul's Church
Church Street
Rothersthorpe
South Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
NN7 3JD
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 71417 56654
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Restored propeller blade, bent in places, supported by a flat-topped pyramid-styled square wooden base. Names of crew engraved onto a board-mounted brass plaque fixed to the lower propeller blade. New Zealand and Union flags stand outwards to either side of the propeller.
- Inscription
- Upper propeller blade : In memory of / the 6 crew members / of / Wellington Bomber 482 / of 11 OTU / Which crashed near the Church / 5th April 1944 Plaque attached to lower propeller blade : (6 NAMES) / LEST WE FORGET
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dowling, Ronald
Freeman, John A.
Hewett, Norman H.
Mcteer, Donald
Mowat, Colin J.
Waller, Ernest V.
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Role, rank, forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Rank
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Aluminium alloy
- Base
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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