IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Station Road, MARCH, PE15 0HA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Station Road, PE15 0HA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (24 Images Found)
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Manea village sign and memorial
The village sign stands close to the school in Station Road, Manea.
Close by stands a memorial to the crew of Halifax LK789 which crashed near Colony Farm, Manea, 25th April 1944
The memorial can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6564944
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 10 Aug 2020
0.07 miles
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Memorial to the crew of Halifax bomber LK789
Halifax LK789 MP-L of 76 Sqdn had departed Holme on Spalding Moor at 2209 for Ops Karlsruhe on 25th April 1944. On its return to the UK, it was intercepted at 3000feet, 20km NE of Cambridge by a Luftwaffe intruder captained by Lt Wolfgang Wenning (Stab II/KG51) and shot down for his 5th Abschusse at 0420
It crashed near Colony Farm, Manea at 0422 with the loss of six crew. The Rear Gunner survived albeit injured.
A close-up of the plaque can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6564954
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 10 Aug 2020
0.07 miles
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Halifax crew memorial at Manea
Halifax LK789 MP-L of 76 Sqdn had departed Holme on Spalding Moor at 2209 for Ops Karlsruhe on 25th April 1944. On its return to the UK, it was intercepted at 3000feet, 20km NE of Cambridge by a Luftwaffe intruder captained by Lt Wolfgang Wenning (Stab II/KG51) and shot down for his 5th Abschusse at 0420
It crashed near Colony Farm, Manea at 0422 with the loss of six crew. The Rear Gunner survived albeit injured.
The memorial can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6564944
Colony Farm is no longer marked on the maps but was at TL 5110 9181
It can be seen on older maps.
Article: http://www.ousewashes.info/places/colony/colony-at-manea-fen.htm
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 10 Aug 2020
0.07 miles
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Manea village sign and memorial
The village sign stands close to the school in Station Road, Manea.
Close by stands a memorial to the crew of Halifax LK789 which crashed near Colony Farm, Manea, 25th April 1944
The memorial can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6564954
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 10 Aug 2020
0.07 miles
