Lancaster Crew W4929

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Maker

Proof Experimental Establishment (Founder / Foundry)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 5th September 1993
Attended by: Group Captain John S Thomas
Dedicated
Date: 5th September 1993
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

60843

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Current location

Mynydd Bach Trecastell (Trecastle)
Brecon Beacons
Brecknockshire
Powys
LD3 8YD
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SN 828 238
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Plaque mounted on a low tapered stone plinth. Plinth painted white. Set on the hillside near to the site where the Lancaster W4929 crashed and where there are still remains of the plane.

Inscription

ER COF AM GRIW LANCASTER W4929 H.C.U./ A FU FARW YMA, 5ed MEDI 1943/ IN MEMORY OF THE LANCASTER CREW W4929/ H.C.U WHO WERE KILLED HERE 5th SEPT 1943./ (Names)/ A BU TAWELWCH - WEDI'R DDRYCIN FAITH./ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ENGRAVED & PRESENTED/ BY AIRWORK LTD P & E.E. PENDINE APRIL 1992. Welsh Translation: May there be peace after the tragedy.

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment
Order of information: regiment,rank,surname

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

Condition

Lancaster Crew W4929
WMO ID: 255415
Condition: Undefined [last updated on 13-12-2017]
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History

Painted annually.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Daily Telegraph 6th May 1995

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