{"id":1381,"date":"2025-02-04T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/events\/ulceby-cross-80th-memorial-service-lincolnshire\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:31:15","slug":"ulceby-cross-80th-memorial-service-lincolnshire","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/events\/ulceby-cross-80th-memorial-service-lincolnshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulceby Cross 80th Memorial Service Lincolnshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">We have once again been invited to attend this event. This is the 80th celebration.<br \/>For those requiring breakfast or Sunday dinner, meet at JJ&#8217;s at Hagworthingham. 20 tables are booked from 11.30am we will be leaving at 13.15hrs.<\/p>\n<p>Commemoration Ceremonies in Respect of the Crew of the Lancaster Bomber PB476, Near Ulceby Cross.<br \/>Muster at the Memorial at 13.30hrs for a service at 14.00hrs.<br \/>(Junction of Partney Road &amp; Harrington Road)<br \/>(South of Ulceby Cross)<\/p>\n<p>Concluded by Service at their Graves in Alford Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Then to the Memorial Hall for refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>Dress Cuts, Berets &amp; medals<br \/>Motorcycle or Car.<\/p>\n<p>This memorial is dedicated to the 7 killed crew members of a Lancaster bomber (serial number: PB476) that crashed here on 4 March 1945, after it was hit by a German fighter. The text on the memorial reads:<br \/>&#8220;In the early hours of March 4th, 1945 Lancaster PB 476(PHY) of Number 12 Squadron RAF Wickenby crashed near this spot the victim of a Luftwaffe intruder. This memorial was placed here on the 50th anniversary of the crash to commemorate the crew members who died.<br \/>Flying Officer N.A. ANSDELL Pilot<br \/>Flying Officer A. HUNTER Navigator<br \/>Flying Officer A. C. HEATH Bomb Aimer<br \/>Sergeant R. F. D. SCHAFER Flight Engineer<br \/>Sergeant R. O. PARRY Wireless Operator<br \/>Sergeant A. R. WALKER Mid &#8211; Upper Gunner<br \/>Sergeant W. MELLOR Rear Gunner<\/p>\n<p>Please only comment below if you are going, so I know how many members to expect.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"sig561730\" class=\"signature\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have once again been invited to attend this event. This is the 80th celebration.For those requiring breakfast or Sunday dinner, meet at JJ&#8217;s at Hagworthingham. 20 tables are booked from 11.30am we will be leaving at 13.15hrs. Commemoration Ceremonies in Respect of the Crew of the Lancaster Bomber PB476, Near Ulceby Cross.Muster at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"tags":[],"mec_category":[13],"class_list":["post-1381","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-east-midlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rblr.org.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}