Crash Wellington Saint-Sever
Plaque affixed to the wall of a shop, paying tribute to the civilian victims as well as to the crew of the Wellington T2897 of the 149 Squadron of the Royal Air Force which crashed here on April 13, 1941.
Plaque text:
On this spot, on April 13, 1941, five British aviators died for freedom. They were young.They were 20 years old!
Nine inhabitants of our commune perished with them!
Saint-Sever remembers.
★ P/O Ronald Rutherford Morison.Pilot, deceased, lies in Saint-Sever cemetery.
★ Sgt John Leo Guy Westley. Co-pilot, deceased, rests in Saint-Sever cemetery.
★ Sgt Ernest J.ohn Holland. Observer, deceased, rests in Saint-Sever cemetery.
★ Sgt Ronald Hutchinson. Radio, deceased, lies in Saint-Sever cemetery.
★ Sgt Walter Hugh Wilkinson. Machine gunner, deceased, lies in Saint-Sever cemetery.
★ Sgt K.C.H Rawlings. Machine gunner, taken prisoner.
Photo credit Christophe Roullier
