On this day...

...in 1945, nine USAAF crew were tragically killed when their plane, a B17(G), crashed into Reigate Hill. The crew, from the 384th Bombardment Group were returning in the evening to their base at Grafton Underwood in Northamptonshire after an operation near the German/Czech border.
A memorial sculpture at the accident site was dedicated to the airmen on the 70th anniversary of the crash. It is made of ancient Surrey oak, and the two pieces of the memorial are spaced the same distance apart as the aircraft's wing tips and are made to the exact dimensions. Buried deep in the sculpture is molten metal, recovered from the crash site.
The Blip is of the plaque very close by to the sculpture and gives details of all nine crew. (the wing tips being so far apart prevented me taking a meaningful photo)