A rectangular metal plaque engraved with an inscription in English in black lettering and a depiction of an MK1 Fortress. The inscription contains a commemoration message, a list of the names of the men aboard and their ages.

On July 28, 1941, XC Sqn Flying Fortress AN534 WP-E had departed from Polebrook at 1700 for a high-altitude test flight. During the flight, the aircraft suffered catastrophic in-flight structural failure and broke up. The aircraft crashed vertically at high speed into a field just outside the village of Stoke Albany. All the crew members were killed in the tragedy, including a serving member of the USAAF, 1Lt Hendricks, who, as the US had not yet entered WWII and at that point, was not initially included in the casualty lists. He was later included - but only listed as an "Observer". 

Source of information and photos: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

In memory of the crew of Boeing Fortress I AN534

90 Squadron Royal Air Force

(Polebrook)

Who died near this place 28th July 1941

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will

remember them.