The 299 Squadron (Y-Worry) is set on a piece of stone from Hereford that cost just £18 in 2008. All the crew survived WW2.
Memorial Text
X9-Y (Worry!)
299 Squadron Royal Air Force
Special Operations Service
To the aircrew of Short Stirling MKIV – callsign ‘X9-Y’ (Worry!)
This crew were together from 1943 until the end of hostilities in Europe.
During that time they flew 3 supply missions to Arnhem for Operation Garden and towed gliders for Operation Varsity, the Rhine Crossing.
They were also on Special Operations duties with solo flights to Auxerre, Bergerac, the Hague, Brussels, Rotterdam, Utrecht, the Sogue Fjord, Copenhagan and Eindhoven.
The crew were among the first British to land in Oslo, Norway at the end of hostilities and were also involved in the repatriation of POW’s as the Allies advanced on Germany.
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