| During the 60th anniversary commemorations in August 2003 a large crowd met at the memorial stone to lay wreaths and unveil an information board which explains the history behind the memorial. |
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| After the service a local Dane spoke to Alan Parr and presented him with a piece of JA691 which he had found in a nearby field 60 years ago. The piece was identified by Trevor Simpson as an elevator centre hinge bracket. Trevor was an A Flight airframe mechanic and JA 691 was one of his aircraft. It is touching to think that this bracket was situated six feet from Bob's turret. |
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These remarkable photographs show Sgt Freeman's navigation ruler. This artifact would have been sitting on his desk when JA691 exploded scattering aircraft debris, the crew and their belongings over a wide area. |
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| It was found over a week later by a Danish boy in a wood approximately one kilometer from the main crash site. It is 455mm x 70mm and even has ink stains on the reverse side. It remained in Denmark until recently when the finder died. It was then passed to his daughter and finally reached Alan Parr. |  |
| The ruler is in extraordinary condition considering it survived an explosion, falling many thousands of feet and the passage of over sixty years. |  |
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At a service in November 2003 at the end of the runway at RAF Fiskerton, JA691 finally returned to base. It is hard to imagine that this inanimate piece of metal was part of a Lancaster which thundered down this very runway over 60 years ago.......what a story it could tell! |
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