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AlanThompson published Re-dedication service honours crew of crashed bomber

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A rededication service has taken place at a memorial to the crew of a Second World War bomber which crashed in Melton, killing all but one those on board.The memorial commemorates the crew of a Wellington, which was on a training flight from Market Harborough on August 13, 1944, when it came down in a field off Saxby Road, in the town.Air cadets playing cricket nearby rushed to the scene and dragged two men clear.One of the men – and six other crew members – died and the sole...

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