Halifax LW395 III, K-WO, 425sqn RCAF took from RAF.Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire 11th February 1944 Hanbury, Bromsgrove

In the lovely church of St Marys just out side Hanbury is a memorial to a local crash and the sad loss of 8 young lives .

Halifax LW395 III, K-WO, 425sqn RCAF took from RAF.Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire on the evening of the 11th February 1944 to conduct a 'Bullseye' flight over the midlands, just before 9pm the bomber was near Hanbury when the port outer suffered a failure the pilot who would have been under a heavy work load struggled to trim and bring LW395 back under control but the aircraft sadly broke up during recovery .

The planes break up scattered remains over a wide area a large part fell onto Carters Hill, Hanbury the crew of 7 were lost and one passenger Joseph Dubroy the brother of the W/o William Dubroy also sadly died in the crash .

At the site today nothing shows to mark this tragic loss but at the nearby Church the memorial serves to remind the passersby of this sad night .

Crew of LW395=

Sgt J.G.D.Aubin. RCAF. 
Sgt J.J.Shanahan.RAFVR 
F/S H.B.Mitton.RAFVR 
Sgt J.H.Y.Albert RCAF. 
Sgt J.O.R.Fieury. RACF. 
Sgt J.F.Mayville.RACF. 
P/ W.E.Dubroy.RACF. 
Passenger= 
Sgt J.L.Dubroy.RCCS