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BALKHOLME EAST YORKSHIRE

A public memorial depicting two interlocked Halifax bombers on a downward plunge, mounted on a tall tubular column, erected on the site where two aircraft, returning from the Bottrop operation of 20/21 July 1944 collided in mid air and fell to earth

Commemorating the loss of all fourteen crew members

Dedicated : 15 October 2005 : Designer and Maker : Hugh Cawdron
Site presentation and Ground works : The Balkholme Community.

Balkholme Memorial