<p>Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation.</p>
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<p>The crash is remembered (2018) by some Cawston parishioners:</p>
<p>See film below for: As remembered by Brian Turner....</p>
<p>Information about the crash was also sent to the Historical Society by Bill Sampson Son of the Cawston Policeman at that time which read....<br /><br />Click on files to view full screen....</p>
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Handley Page Hampden Bomber Plane 1941
WW11 Bomber Plane crash.
On February 10th 1941 a Handley Page Hampden bomber plane crashed into Bluestone plantation killing all the aircrew: Flight Lieutenant John Frutiger, Sergeant John Hill, Flight Sergeant Robert Gapp, and Sergeant Robert Chanin, it was his 21st birthday.
At a ceremony in Cawston on Sunday 2 September, a plaque was unveiled in memory of the four young airmen in their early twenties of 61 Squadron, set off from RAF Hemswell on a bombing mission to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. On their return, they crashed near Cawston while attempting an emergency landing.
The very moving unveiling of the memorial and laying of wreaths followed a service in St Agnes’ Church, Cawston. The service and ceremony were attended by a large contingent of Cawston residents, along with representatives of the Royal British Legion and relatives of the airmen. A bugler played the Last Post and there was a fly-past of 2 aircrafts one of which was a Tiger Moth.
The Historical Society were particularly delighted to welcome several of the airmen’s family members, from Norfolk, Devon, Hertfordshire and Humberside.”
Refreshment were provided after at the Village Hall.
The decision to honour the airman with a plaque originated when Bill Sampson who was about 10/11 years of age and son of the policeman in the village at that time told us about this in a history piece of Cawston and when they were putting together a DVD of the history of Cawston, Mr Brain Turner recalled this incident (See film above) and seemed appropriate time to do something.
The memorial already has a plaque on it in memory of the crew of the Lucky Strike , which was flying back from a raid on submarine pens at Kiel in January 1944 when it crashed at Church Farm, Cawston with the loss of two lives.
Handley Page Hampden was a twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and was used in the early stages of the war.
10th February 1941
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/301" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bill Sampson"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bill Sampson.</span></a> Brian Turner.</p>
<p>Martin Sercombe <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Media Projects East">Media Projects East</a></span></p>
<p>Charlie Webster. David Steward.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Catherine Sampson. Pat Taylor.</p>
<p>Vic & Sally Purdy. Kathleen Schuil.</p>
<p>Mike Hillier & Des Cook.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Lucky Strike"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lucky Strike</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/231" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Crash While Filming">Air Crash While Filming</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/59" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Fields in Cawston Area">Air Fields in Cawston Area</a></span></p>
<p><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Collection">Collection</a></span>: War Times/ Forces including Roll of Honour. Memorials. Home Guard. Memories and Photos etc.</span></p>
Map with history note
Old Map with history note: An incident connected with our parish boundary....
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/26" title="Cawston Old Maps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cawston Old Maps</a></span>
Hutton, Gould inc Tuddenham Butchers
<p>Mr Frederick George Hutton, father of Billy (Photo Left) had a Butcher Business at the Lamb Inn....</p>
<p>Also see: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Company Sgt Major W.J. Hutton" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/161" target="_blank">Company Sgt Major W.J. Hutton </a></span></p>
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Mr & Mrs John Gould
Photos and Video from above
<p><img src="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/cae9bd461dd41087b3ffcfbce4569aa8.png" width="315" height="211" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/dbc60d2fc9af041bbf41b501ffa0a38d.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cawston Video">Cawston Church and Village Drone Video by Mark Daniels</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Click on above link to see video:</span></p>
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Photos and Video from above including photos from church tower.
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<p>Ivan Purdy</p>
<p>Victor Purdy</p>
<p>Clifford Harmer</p>
<p>Peggy Payne</p>
<p>Frank Hannibal - USA</p>
<p>Tony Hilton</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/dbc60d2fc9af041bbf41b501ffa0a38d.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Drone Video by Mark Daniels.">Drone Video by Mark Daniels</a></span></p>
Roll of Honour and War Memorials
<p><strong>Lest We Forget</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/16c121d6bf9f2bc173590edd5dc2a836.gif" width="312" height="195" /></p>
Roll of Honour for those who gave their lives for our country & War Memorials.
File 1/Roll of Honour WW1
File 2/Roll of Honour WW2
File 3/Lieutenant Cecil Faulkner Cawston - Boer War 1899-1902
File 4/ War Horses and Dogs
File 5/ War Memorials
File 6/War Memorial lighting damage
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<p>Mr & Mrs Brain Brownsell - (<a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/158" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="See link Bellboddy"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">See link Bellboddy</span></a>)</p>
<p>Mark Carmichael - (bellboddy)</p>
<p>Kevin Douglas</p>
<p>Ron Beall</p>
<p>Peter Lee</p>
<p>Jacci Babich</p>
<p>Evan Hill</p>
<p>Steve Andrews.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Lucky Strike" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32">Lucky Strike</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/314" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bombrer Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation"><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation</span></span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Es Forces Personnel" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/88" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ex Forces Personnel</a></span></p>
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High Street/Market Hill
<p>High Steet/Market Hill. See file 1 for history and photos.</p>
<p><span>Click on files to view full screen....</span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/f4bb19fe60148beba78b2916fb499c72.jpg" /></p>
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<p>Photos and Memories:</p>
<p>The High Street: Firstly we had the main pub on the Market Place, a Mrs Gaskin kept this for years, she was May Purdy's grandmother....</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/398" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Dennis W Easton">Dennis W Easton</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/313" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Stanley Oakes">Stanley Oakes</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/219" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="John Kett">John Kett</a></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
<p>Darren Black</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/67" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Reepham Road">Reepham Road</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/51" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Aylsham Road">Aylsham Road</a></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/112" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Old Post Office">Old Post Office</a></p>
Aylsham Road:
<p>The Road from Cawston to Aylsham, the B1145:</p>
<p><span class="C-9">Leaving Cawston. The first right is Cooks Hill and was originally known as Stocks Hill, the stocks were in this area, probably on the site of the new houses built in 2001 opposite the Post Office, joining this road is the old </span>school<span class="C-9"> and then Marshall </span>Howard<span class="C-9"> Close, the </span>Cemetery<span class="C-9"> and Howard Way, the Howard family carried out a family business in Cawston for many years, just before Howards Way, </span>S.J. Tooke<span class="C-9"> had a garage in the 1940's, <br />then to the </span>School<span class="C-9"> which came into use in 1953, further along we have as at 2012 the building used by the </span>Auxiliary firemen<span class="C-9"> used for their Green Goddess appliance, joining this was Marshall Howard's brick kiln, each brick was moulded in a wooden mould and moulded in each brick was Marshall Howard's initials M.D.H. Then to the Friendship lane being named for the Friendship </span>Public House<span class="C-9"> on this road the last turn right is Perrys lane leading to Eastgate.</span></p>
<p><span class="C-9">Leaving Cawston.The first turn left from Cawston is to Fairfields, Fairs where held here and was formerly the Fairstead, off Fairfields the first road on the left lead to Stocks Loke, this was farm land of the White House Farm on Market Hill, probably named to remind us of the stocks being in this area. Clifford Pye Close is the other road leading from Fairfields, Clifford Pye being a Parish Councillor and local farmer in Cawston for many years. The next left is Gayford Road, this was a area used as an artillery training ground during the second world war, the houses being built in 1947, the Gayford's where farmers at the White House Farm at Market Hill.</span></p>
<p><span class="C-9"><span class="C-9">Received by e-mail September 2011 - After looking at the interesting history of Cawston and reading my uncle </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/61" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Denny's memories">Denny's memories</a></span><span class="C-9">. The photo of </span>Tooke's<span class="C-9"> garage took my attention it was taken 1931 the lad in the photo was Philip Easton ages 16 years. My father Philip left </span>school<span class="C-9"> at 14 years of age and started work at the garage which was built approx 1929. Petrol was a shilling a gallon. Philip left in 1932/33 at the age of 17/18. His cousin Alfred took over his job as he was almost 3 years younger than him. On his first day in the garage, stood a brand new Grindly peerless motorbike Billy Woods owned it. He taught my father a great deal while he was there. Later he was thrilled to be taken for a spin on it and also allowed to ride it.<br /><br />Very kind regards, <br />Janice Whittred.<br /><br />Many thanks to Janice & her father for the above and permission to use on this website.<br /><br />Click on file to view....<br /></span></span></p>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/137" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="S. J.Tooke">S.J. Tooke</a></span>