Memorial unveiled to RAF airmen who died in Spanish aircrash

ERN Newsroom Posted On 15th December 2019

A memorial to seven RAF airmen who died when their Wellington Bomber crashed in the mountains near to Denia nearly 70-years-ago has been unveiled.

Relatives and airmen from the RAF gathered to watch a plinth be installed on the location of the accident, which happened on the 5 December 1950.

Flt Sgt Ernest Hansom, Flt Lt Leonard West and aircraftmen Roy Ousley and Neville Jones all lost their lives in the accident.

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