The plaque on the left.

A rectangular memorial plaque mounted on a brick wall and set within a polished wooden frame commemorating the crew of a B-24 #42-94874 Fay Day, which crashed near Westhall on June 25, 1944. The inscription lists the crew members along with their roles and indicates their fate, and features the insignia of the 8th Air Force and the 489th Bomb Group.

Source of photos: www.geograph.org.uk/ Adrian S. Pye

This memorial was erected by the people of Westhall to the memory of members of a crew of a B-24 Liberator bomber. "Fay Day", which on Sunday, 25th June 1944 at 18.32 hours, clipped willow trees at The Mill, Westhall and immediately crashed into a field in Hares Lane, behind Manor Farm Cottages. Sgt James B. Wood and Sgt John J Fura were the only survivors.

The aircraft, which was returning from a mission to Villacoublay, France
was from the 644th Bomb Squadron of the 489th Bomb Group, United States Eighth Army Airforce, based at Halesworth, Suffolk.

The crew were as follows: