Flying low over Hartford on 15 April 1944, an Albemarle bomber crashed into the wall at the end of the drive to Grange Farmhouse, killing all but one of its five-man crew.
One of them, Hartford’s Sgt Aubrey Gerald Crowe, is remembered on the plaque unveiled by Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire David Briggs and Gerry’s granddaughter Christine Falland at a Remembrance ceremony in 2015 (pictured).
Councillor Phil Herbert has produced a book with more information. This can be read, by appointment, at the village hall.