Waithe (1) Lancaster Memorial
Waithe (1), Lincolnshire
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Waithe (1), Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire
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Registry entry for the Waithe memorial to four 100 Squadron Lancaster crews. A black polished marble tablet records the details of crews from Lancaster JB678 and three other aircraft lost from RAF Grimsby (Waltham) during Black Thursday, 16/17 December 1943.
Combined memorial on the A16 Louth Road at Holton Le Clay commemorates four 100 Squadron Lancaster crews. JB678 collided with JB674 on return from the Berlin raid. Part of the Black Thursday disaster.
Comprehensive account of Black Thursday, 16 December 1943, when almost 300 RAF airmen died. Lancaster JB678 was among 100 Squadron's losses, involved in a mid-air collision with JB674 while returning to fog-bound RAF Grimsby after the Berlin raid.
100 Squadron lost their CO, W/C David Holford DSO DFC, plus multiple other aircraft that night. JB678 and JB674 collided at 00:40 on the 17th while circling the fog-bound airfield waiting to land.
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