Original upload date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:55:36 GMT
On the 5th of March 1957 Beverley Transport Plan crashed onto a rural hamlet it was on its way to Cyprus so was full of fuel. A 19 year old Electricity Meter Reader and a local housewife would be the
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two civilian victims. Only three of the ten man crew would survive but all 8 RAF Police Dog Handlers perished.
All the police dogs died or had to be destroyed. Curiously Buster The Hero Police Dog who was in attendance began to howl during the Bugle Playing.
A local farmer would earn a George Cross that day for his brave action in approaching the inferno and pulling injured victims from the wreckage. He only recently died but his widow was guest of honour at the ceremony. There was also a widow of of the crew (I believe the lady in a wheelchair)
Iain Henderson (ex RAF Police) undertook all the research and arrangements for this event single handedly.
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