{"id":93,"date":"2015-05-28T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T13:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirtlingandupend.org\/wp\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2017-02-03T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T09:15:20","slug":"lancaster-tribute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/?page_id=93","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Hunwicks was just 19 and a flight engineer when the Lancaster he was flying in crashed on a night flight at the entrance to Hill Farm in Kirtling. Ron and two others survived the crash, though Ron lost a leg. The Lancaster was from No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron based in Mepal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/a_Lancaster_Crash_site.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/a_Lancaster_Crash_site.gif\" alt=\"An aerial view of the site of the crash near Hill Farm, Kirtling\" width=\"350\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the site of the crash near Hill Farm, Kirtling<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Who was in the crew<\/h3>\n<p>The crew included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flight Lt. Doug Blewitt, New Zealander, who died at the site of the crash.\u00a0\u00a0 He is buried in Cambridge cemetery (opposite Marshalls).<\/li>\n<li>Flight Sgt. Bryant Cornell, British, who died the next day. He is buried at Southgate cemetery, Middx.<\/li>\n<li>Flying Officer Johnny Wilson, New Zealander, who died at the site of the crash. He is buried in Cambridge cemetery.<\/li>\n<li>Warrant Officer John Smyrk, British, who survived and is now living in Margate.<\/li>\n<li>Sgt Ronald Hunwicks, British, who survived and is now living in Hadleigh.<\/li>\n<li>Sgt Ken Hollins, British, who survived but is now deceased.<\/li>\n<li>Sgt Bill Pridmore, British, who survived and is now living in Hemel Hempstead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/?page_id=400\">One Year On<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Hunwicks was just 19 and a flight engineer when the Lancaster he was flying in crashed on a night flight at the entrance to Hill Farm in Kirtling. Ron and two others survived the crash, though Ron lost a leg. The Lancaster was from No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron based in Mepal. Who was in the crew The crew&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/?page_id=93\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/1422"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirtlingandupend.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}