A Visit from Canada ...

It was a foul day and night on 16 December 1943, but Churchill insisted that bombing raids from the East of England should continue at full strength.

An Avro Lancaster from Linton-on-Ouse, DS387, crewed by six members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and one Brit, was limping home in a pitch black storm at 1am searching for its landing beacon.

They were 100 feet too low because the altimeter gave a misreading and crashed onto Yearsley Main Street just west of the crossroads; six men died and are buried in Stonewall cemetery and one survived.

A plaque in Yearsley Church commemorates them.

On Thursday 17 October this year, Yearsley had a visit from 14 members of the RCAF (and one US Air Force member), led by Squadron Warrant Officer Glen Slauenwhite.

They are a training squadron specializing in avionics and wanted to pay their respects to their forbears - the story of DS387 is well known in Canada.







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