A VETERAN of the Second World War was among almost 100 people who turned out to honour the sacrifice of two airman killed in a plane crash in Pogmoor 75 years ago.
Elwyn Parry, 91, saw the stricken Whitley bomber as it circled the skies above Barnsley looking for a ‘safe’ place to crash on January 6 1942.
It was piloted by Sgt Alexander Hollingworth, of the Australian Air Force, who deliberately crashed into a quarry to avoid hitting the houses just yards away in Cresswell Street. He was killed instantly.
Three of Sgt Hollingworth’s crew had parachuted to safety, landing in the Broadway, Dodworth Road and West Road areas.
But the fourth man to bail out, Sgt Alexander Buchanan of the Canadian Air Force, was also killed when his parachute struck a chimney on his descent.
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