RAF Winthorpe was opened on the outskirts of Newark in 1940 and became home to No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit in 1942. A year later on the 5th September 1943 Lancaster W4929 took off on a cross country night training mission.
The crew were
The crew were
- Pilot: Sgt N.T. Duxbury
- Navigator: P/Off V.R. Folkerson
- Bomb Aimer: P/Off T.F.E. Johnson
- Air Gunner: Sgt. E.M. Buckby
- Mid Upper Gunner: Sgt. J.G. Curran
- Flight Engineer: Sgt. L. Holding
- Wireless Operator: Sgt F.W. Wilson
- Bomb Aimer: Sgt. R. Wilson
Flight Sgt Buckby was serving with the Royal Australian Air Force and P/Off Folkerson was serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force, both were laid to rest in Hereford Cemetery. Sgt Curran was buried in Bath Cemetery. P/Off Duxbury and Sgt Holding in Standish, Wigan. Sgt Wilson in Clitheroe Cemetery, Sgt Pratt at Hemel Hempstead, and P/Off Johnson was cremated at Woking Crematorium.
On the 50th anniversary of the crash friends and family of the crew met at RAF Brawdy in Pembrokeshire. They were flown to the site of the wreckage in a Sea King helicopter where a service was held and a memorial plaque was erected.
On the 31st August 2014 we led a walk to the site after meeting in Trecastle in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund and also visited the memorial to an American naval Liberator which crashed nearby on the 24th August 1944.
On the 31st August 2014 we led a walk to the site after meeting in Trecastle in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund and also visited the memorial to an American naval Liberator which crashed nearby on the 24th August 1944.