St Peter, Kinver, Worcestershire
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There was a sparsely filled graveyard directly
around the church and a more
crowded one just across the road.
More details of this accident can be found here.
"There was no sign of Q-Queen T1892. P/O Shirlaw and his crew P/O Dugdale
(Observer) and F/O Mair (W/Op/AG) failed to return". The aircraft is recorded as
"having hit a balloon cable at Pilton Hackett, SW of Birmingham". The crew is
mentioned in the Squadron Roll of Honour and had service numbers 81054, 84034
and 78277.
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