Ashby

St Mary's

52.53238, 1.66690
TM 489 990
photos taken 27 June 2012

This memorial was erected by the Hon Savile Crossley, Lord Somerleyton. The stories of the crashes can be found in the book Final Flights, written by Ian McLachlan.

NEAR THIS PLACE ON MAY 7^TH 1944

1^ST LT RALPH W WRIGHT

LT JACK W RAPER

LT RICHARD CURRAN

LT CARL A HERRMANN

S/SGT RANDOLPH C MOORE

ALSO ON APRIL 8^TH 1945

LT RUSSEL P JUDD

F/O LOUIS S DAVIS

ALL OF THE USA 8^TH ARMY AIR FORCE

GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE

OF THIS COUNTRY

GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS

THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE

FOR HIS FRIENDS.