Nailstone - 490th BG Memorial

**airfields man** · 08-04-2009, 21:17

These photographs were taken last November, 2008. This memorial is at the village of Nailstone close to the church in a memorial garden. Nailstone is about 10 miles west from Leicester. For more information Tap 490th BG Memorial At Nailstone to Google.

**tu 154** · 23-10-2010, 22:16

never knew about this ,there was a cargo plane crashed at nailstone in the 1980s with the loss of the crew

**Dave Smith** · 23-10-2010, 22:44

That was a Dan-Air HS 748 on a mail run, probably to Liverpool. The cargo door came off and wrapped itself round the tailplane, resulting in loss of control.

**tu 154** · 24-10-2010, 18:40

a mate of mine saw it come down ,it was atempting a emergency landing at e/m aparenly they lost altitude and flew in to power lines

**stevie** · 22-08-2011, 17:21

I hope Airfields man doesn't mind me updating his thread and getting it back on to the original topic. I popped into the Memorial garden myself today (22/8/11) and took a few pics.
It was nice to finally photograph this tribute to the men of the 490th.

Steve

**airfields man** · 22-08-2011, 20:37

No ! Steve, Airfieldsman doesn't mind at all about your update. Far better photographs than mine anyway. It was a cold damp November day and I was trying hard not to tread on what few flowers were remaining and not leave foot-prints in the soft earth. Why though I didn't take an overall shot like your last photograph I've no-idea.

Well done.