First Sunday in September

It's times like today when I wish I had a better/faster camera!!

16:00 Sunday 5th September 2010 the annual parade and Lancaster fly past over the village to remember the the 101 Squadron crews that died flying out of RAF Ludford Magna during WWII.

"This memorial is dedicated to the aircrews of 101 Squadron Bomber Command who failed to return from operational sorties in the Second World War.

From 1943 - 1945 the Squadron was based at Ludford Magna where they made many friends. A Roll of Honour is kept in the village church."

"101 Squadron was the key contributing squadron in the Nuremburg Raid on 30 Mar 1944, supplying 26 of the total 795 bombers. However it was also to suffer the most losses, loosing 7 Lancaster. The ABC specialisation meant that 101 Squadron crews were often called on to support other Groups' raids. 101 Squadron's specialist Electronic Warfare role meant that it concluded the war with the highest casualty rate of any of the flying squadrons."

Thanks and RIP.