Astwell Castle Farm (located about one mile east of the village of Helmdon) is shown as it sits today, however on Nov. 30, 1943, it was a much different scene. A B-17 bomber from the 327th Bombardment Squadron, VIII Bomber Command, departed RAF Poddington, located east of Northampton, for a bombing mission to Germany when it crashed at the farm. Members of the 422nd Air Base Group and local villages held a memorial service in the Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Helmdon Nov. 2 to honor the airmen killed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)
| Date Taken: | 11.02.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 11.05.2013 11:07 |
| Photo ID: | 1046933 |
| VIRIN: | 131102-F-IM453-207 |
| Resolution: | 2700x1800 |
| Size: | 3.73 MB |
| Location: | HELMDON, NTH, GB |
| Web Views: | 16 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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