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Sunday, 15 October 2017

P47-C Thunderbolt ,41-6381 Telford UK

 A ride out to find this memorial to 2nd Lt. Clifford W. Jenson U.S.A.F flying from Atcham, Shropshire 495 Fighter Training Group on the 20th June 1944 at 14.20 hours over Lawley Telford . Jensons P47-C Thunderbolt ,41-6381 developed major engine trouble leading to a in-flight fire local witnesses stated Jenson deliberately veered his plane away from houses and a school and impacted the small green by the bull pub it is widely believed by locals that he sacrificed his life to save those on the ground