18th July 1944 - Air Crashes Remembered

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Memorial to wartime bomber crews unveiled

Mayor honours 11 air crew killed as British and American planes shot down

A memorial plaque has been unveiled on the seafront in a Normandy town to honour 11 British and US aircrew killed supporting Allied forces and Resistance fighters after the D-Day landings in 1944.

Residents and serving personnel joined mayor Bertrand Sorre as he unveiled the plaque at Saint-Pair-sur-Mer in Manche.

The plaque is in memory of the 11 British, American and Canadian crew who died when two aircraft were shot down over the Cotentin coast.

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