Sherwood Crescent, Lockerbie
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Sherwood Crescent, Lockerbie
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 4 Mar 2013
A gap in the houses in Sherwood Crescent, which is now an attractive memorial garden of lawn and shrubs, is the spot where on Wednesday 21st December 1988, a large section of a Boeing 747–121 airliner crashed to the ground, having been destroyed by an explosive device. The incident killed all 243 passengers and 16 crew members on board the plane and a further 11 people on the ground. Within the garden: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.115628
Longitude
-3.358456