Walton Park plane crash - 70 years on

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SEVENTY years ago this week a Wellington bomber came crashing down into allotments in Sale.

The crash in Walton Park killed two members of the six man crew - but the death toll could have been far higher.

For the pilot, Flt Sgt Freddie Matthews, managed to lift the crippled bomber over the rooftops of nearby houses.

The plane roared low over the A56 on a pitch black night and headed towards homes on Walton Road, at 11.50pm on August 3, 1943
http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/10560546._/

A little history from just down the road from me.