Belle Of The East Way, Belton, Suffolk / Norfolk

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[BC]

Might I just add that the village of Belton was in Suffolk in August 1944 when the 467BG B-24 crash-landed here, but that it has since been 'absorbed' into Norfolk.

Unusual memorial in that no fatalities were involved.

BC

[pimpernel]

Just did a bit of digging for this one and found a very interesting web site.

The Belton & District History Society has written a good piece on this incident and can be found http://www.beltonhistory.co.uk/article.php?id_art=28

I will certainly make a visit to the Railway Tavern when I am next in the area.

IIRC, there was a Discovery Wings programme on this crash and some others in the Norfolk/Suffolk area too.

Brian.

[BC]

I think you are confusing this site with that of the 487BG B-17 which crashed at Carlton Colville, Sfk on 14 March 1945. This site, the research into it, and the road-naming in 1992 was featured in the Discovery Wings docu Plane Clothed Detectivewhich aired in 2002.

The son of one of the members of the local history group has done an extraordinary job documenting the details of the B-24 at Belton. The a/c got into difficulties on return from ops, the pilots sounded the bale-out alarm but not all received it and some were still on board when the a/c crash-landed itself. A number of local people, including a man who was deaf, ignored the very real danger of fire, and risked life and limb to pull injured crewmen out of the wreckage.

BC

[Dick Lindsay]

I think you are confusing this site with that of the 487BG B-17 which crashed at Carlton Colville, Sfk on 14 March 1945. This site, the research into it, and the road-naming in 1992 was featured in the Discovery Wings docu Plane Clothed Detectivewhich aired in 2002.

The son of one of the members of the local history group has done an extraordinary job documenting the details of the B-24 at Belton. The a/c got into difficulties on return from ops, the pilots sounded the bale-out alarm but not all received it and some were still on board when the a/c crash-landed itself. A number of local people, including a man who was deaf, ignored the very real danger of fire, and risked life and limb to pull injured crewmen out of the wreckage.

BC

I'm that son of the branch members that did the research and am very proud that the aircraft's name will live forever on in the road name86868687

[airfields man]

I have just seen a photograph, along with the story of this Liberator in one of my books. It shows that an armour plate has been fixed to the side of the cockpit, covering the original name. The ten crew-members standing along-side.
Just realised that it's the same photograph as above, only closer, and slightly clearer :roll: