Bawdeswell – All Saints’ Church (Destruction During the Second World War)
On 6 November 1944, an aircraft accidentally crashed into All Saint’s Church in Bawdeswell and effectively destroyed it. Two British pilots, James McLean and Melvin Tansley, lost their lives in the tragedy.
Part of the aircraft has been kept as a reminder of the tragedy.
There’s a photo in the church of the damage done to the building that night. Two houses were also badly damaged during the incident, which caused a large fire in all three buildings. The church was rebuilt to a different design after the end of the war.