Bishop Debbie leads service to honour airmen lost over Thorney

The service included the dedication of a new memorial and rededication of an existing memorial in the presence of national and international representatives of the armed services and guests, together with the local community. 

Michael Sly, the chairman of the Thorney Society which organised the event, said “We thought it would be fitting on the 80th anniversary of the 1945 incident to unveil a memorial plaque to the 21 British, French and German airmen that died in skies above the village in the last 80 plus years.”