2016

TQ8282 : Heavenly Body II Memorial

taken 7 years ago, near to Leigh Beck, Essex, England

Heavenly Body II Memorial
Heavenly Body II Memorial
This Mural commemorates the crash of B17 Heavenly Body II in June 1944. Returning from a bombing raid on a V2 rocket site in France, two aircraft collided on their return to base. Of the nine crew six survived; by 2011 only one of the survivors was still living . The memorial was commissioned by the friends of TQ8282 : Concord Beach; you can read the tail gunner's account of the crash at LinkExternal link -
take a closer look at TQ8282 : Heavenly Body II Crew.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Islands Estuary, Marine other tags: Sea Wall Mural Memorial Memorial Seats Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Crew [2] Other Photos: · Heavenly Body II Crew ·
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TQ8282, 16 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Glyn Baker   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 9 October, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 9 October, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8220 8298 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.9813N 0:37.4733E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8222 8298
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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