Villagers will look to the skies as they remember those who gave their lives whilst serving at an airfield on the border of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. The day will be a poignant one for those in Langar as they hold a commemoration service at the 207 Squadron Memorial at Langar Airfield, on the road between the villages of Langar and Harby.
Planned for Saturday, May 13, at 2pm, a flypast will follow (at 2.33pm) of the lendendary RAF Lancaster Bomber - one of only two in the world still flying. The event is to remember Lancaster C for Charlie, W4938, lost with all crew on the May 23, 1943, after taking off from Langar Airfield.
The bomb aimer, Thomas Skelton, at 19, was newly married to the late Dorothy Ware, and she wanted a memorial erected to 207, which happened in 1994, and was recently refurbished by Belvoir Rail Company of Cotgrave, and a new bench seat provided by Rushcliffe Borough Council.
