Brownstown Charter Township in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Oak Ridge Cemetery RAF Memorial
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, June 29, 2022
1. Oak Ridge Cemetery RAF Memorial Marker
Lest we forget
Erected 2010 by The Royal Canadian Legion Downriver Post 92.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1958.
Location. 42° 7.916′ N, 83° 16.159′ W. Marker is in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in Wayne County. Memorial is on Telegraph Road (U.S. 24) near Struin Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 23723 Telegraph Road, Flat Rock MI 48134, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cornelius G. Munger General Store (approx. 2˝ miles away); Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory (approx. 2.6 miles away); Flat Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Wyandot (approx. 2.7 miles away); “It Happened Here” (approx. 2.8 miles away); Sandhill Cemetery (approx. 4 miles away); Michigan Memorial Veterans Dedication (approx. 4.1 miles away); Michigan Memorial Park Veterans Bowl (approx. 4.2 miles away).
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On 24 October 1958, Vulcan B.1 XA908 of No. 83 Squadron crashed east of Detroit, Michigan, USA. A complete electrical failure occurred around 30,000 ft (9,100 m). The backup system should have provided 20 minutes of emergency power, allowing XA908 to reach one of several airports in the area, but backup power lasted only three minutes due to a short circuit in the service busbar, locking the controls. Bound for Lincoln AFB in Nebraska, XA908 went into a steep dive before crashing, leaving a forty-foot (12 m) crater in the ground, which was later excavated while retrieving wreckage. Despite extensive property damage, there were no ground fatalities and only one hospitalisation. All six crew members were killed, including the co-pilot, who had ejected. The co-pilot's ejection seat was found in Lake St Clair, but his body was not recovered until the following spring.(Submitted on March 12, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, June 29, 2022
2. Oak Ridge Cemetery RAF Memorial
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, June 29, 2022
3. Oak Ridge Cemetery RAF Memorial
This is a photo of the headstones for the lost RAF airmen next to the memorial.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 122 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 12, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
