Every year a Service of Commemoration is held at the site at 2.30pm.
On January 29th 1943 the six man crew of the No 9 Squadron Lancaster aircraft - ED503 were killed when it crashed in the Lincolnshire Fen at Sibsey Northlands.
No one knows why the aircraft suddenly lost height and crashed into the field creating a crater in the quicksand and subsoil. It was impossible, despite pumping by the fire service to recover the crew or wreckage. one crew member, Sgt Thomas Wishart , was thrown clear and is buried in Scotland. The remaining crew members are buried where they fell.
After the War the families of the crew members paid for a Memorial to be placed on the site of the Crash. The names of all six members are inscribed on the Memorial. It was built and consecrated in 1947.
Flight Lieutenant Robert Frood Lind RAF (VR) - Pilot
Pilot Officer Charles W H Cocks RAF (VR) - Bomb Aimer
Sergeant Donald A Brown RAF (VR) - Air Gunner
Sergeant John Doran RAF - Flight Engineer
Sergeant Thomas Henry RAF (VR) - Wireless Operator
Sergeant Thomas Wishart RAF (VR) - Rear Gunner (buried in Scotland )
A Trust was formed with the late Mr Bert Barrack MBE, the first Chairman.
The Aim of the Trust - To place a wreath of poppies on the Memorial every year and its preservation for eternity.
The Station Commanders of RAF Waddington and RAF Coningsby are invited together with local MPs, the Mayor of Boston, Chairman of East Lindsey District Council as well as other civic leaders and the lovely loyal members of the public who always support the Trust.
This year there will be an overfly by the BBMF Lancaster, weather permitting of course.
Please join us if you are able.
The site is in the middle of a field with a grassed area approach. Suitable footwear is advisable.
Please contact Stuart Davidson
stuart.davidson@outlook.com
The service will take place on the 25th September 2022 at 2.30pm
Refreshments are served in Sibsey Village Hall.