On the north wall of the nave.

A plain, rectangular, wall-mounted metal plaque on a wooden backboard. The plaque is inscribed in English in lead lettering commemorating the crew of the B-24 #42-95103 that crashed in Wrangle Common on July 13, 1944. Inscribed on the top of the plaque is the depiction of the 8^th Air Force insignia, a B-24 aircraft, and the insignia of the 579^th Bomb Squadron.

Lt. Hunt’s crew was flying the B-24J serial #42-95103. The B24s nose-art was "BERLIN BITCH" and took off from Wendling airfield, assembling for a mission to Saarbrucken, Germany, on 13th July 1944. During formation over the U.K., the crew experienced severe aircraft icing and subsequently spun in and crashed at Wrangle Common. One crew member, S/Sgt. Mark Osment managed to bail out safely from this stricken plane with all others perishing in the incident.

Fortunately, the bombs aboard the aircraft did not explode but caused the local authorities a few anxious moments during the ensuing fire. Finally, however, the fire died out, the bombs were disposed of, and the crash site bulldozed.

The "BERLIN BITCH" crew:

1st/Lt. Norman J. Hunt Pilot KIA

1st/Lt. Peter B. Roetzel Co-Pilot KIA

2nd/Lt. William J. Hession Navigator KIA

T/Sgt. Walter L. McKinzie Jr. Engineer KIA

T/Sgt. Harold C. Wilkinson Radio Op. KIA

S/Sgt. William E. Carrington Gunner KIA

S/Sgt. Daniel L. McEwan Gunner KIA

S/Sgt. Leonard A. Jackson Gunner KIA

S/Sgt. Mark Osment Gunner RTD

Source of information: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk, Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, www.geograph.org.uk

Source of photo: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE CREW

OF B24 LIBERATOR 42-95103 OF 579th BOMB SQ., 392ND Bomb Group

of U.S. AIR FORCE.

Who lost their lives when their aircraft crashed

on Wrangle Common, 13th July 1944.

†

R.I.P.

S/Sgt Mark Osment was the sole survivor.

This Memorial Plaque was erected by the Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group

9th July 1994, by kind permission of Wrangle P.C.C.