Located inside the church.

In the early morning hours of March 24, a B-17 from the 422nd Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, 40th Combat Wing, crashed upon takeoff from the airfield at RAF Chelveston. Eleven aircrew died, along with 8 members of the 1121st Quartermaster Company and  876th Chemical Company who were sleeping in their barracks. In addition, 2 local children were also killed in the crash. 

The USAAF personnel on the aircraft were:

First Lieutenant William D Sellers, the pilot, from Birmingham, Alabama*;
Second Lieutenant David A Rementeria, the co-pilot, from Canyon City, Oregon*;
First Lieutenant Jack E George from Texas*;
Second Lieutenant Myer Silber, buried in the United Hebrew Cemetery, Halethorpe Maryland;
First Lieutenant Charles Wesley Leake from Markham, Illinois;
Top Sergeant Jessie or Jesse H Lehr from Bolivar, Mississippi;
Staff Sergeant Kenneth I Mace, buried in Delawanna, New Jersey;
Top Sergeant Donald C Parrish, buried at Troy, Michigan;
Sergeant Dale E Rishel from Uniontown, Pennsylvania;
Staff Sergeant Loyde J Judd from Freeport, Maine;
Corporal Joseph N A Grugnale, from Dedham Massachusetts

An asterisk indicates burial in the American cemetery at Madingley [Cambridgeshire].

The Quartermaster Company personnel were:

Private Frank J Amato, buried in North Arlington, New Jersey;
Private First Class Michael R Arato, from New York*;
Corporal Sebastian J Attilio, buried in Fort Lee, New Jersey;
Private First Class Arnold N Chipoletti, 30, buried at New Kensington, Pennsylvania;
Sergeant Edward W Dell, buried in Lincoln, Nebraska;
Private First Class William Loren Dickerson, buried in Largen, Virginia;
Nils S Johnson, from Worcester, Colorado;
Robert Paul McClain buried in Shelbyville, Indiana.

Source:

https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk;

 https://americanarchive.iwm.org.uk; 

https://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/

First Plaque

WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO DIED ON THE NIGHT OF 24TH MARCH 1944

WHEN BOEING B - 17G FLYING FORTRESS SERIAL NUMBER 42-97578 OF 422ND SQUADRON 305TH BOMB GROUP CRASHED JUST NORTH OF YELDEN CHURCH.

AIRCREW

1121ST QUARTERMASTER

COMPANY

WILLIAM D. SELLERS

JACK E. GEORGE

JOSEPH N. A. GRUGNALE

LOYDE J. JUDD

CHARLES W. LEAKE

JESSE H. LEHR

KENNETH I. MACE

DONALD C. PARRISH

DAVID M. REMENTERIA

DALE E. RISHEL

MYER SILBER

FRANK J. AMATO

MICHAEL R. ARATO

SEBASTIAN J. ATTILIO

ARNOLD N. CHIPOLETTI

EDWARD W. DELL

WILLIAM L. DICKERSON

NILS S. JOHNSON

ROBERT P. McCLAIN

Second Plaque:

WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945.
REMEMBER
SERGEANT CHARLES HENRY HILTON, ROYAL AIR FORCE, OF YELDEN, KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
24TH AUGUST 1943.
KEITH EDWIN PHILLIPS, AGED 14 YEARS, MONICA RUTH PHILLIPS, ACED 4 YEARS, OF YELDEN,
KILLED BY AN AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED NEAR THIS CHURCH 24TH MARCH 1944.