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Category: Welsh

The Ultimate Sacrifice of a US Fighter Pilot

Posted on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

View of the school and ‘council housing’ from the Watton Road. Photograph taken in the 1990s. The following article published in the Nottingham Guardian of the 11th February 1963, caught my eye: U.S. Pilot Dies Saving VillageU.S. fighter pilot Capt. John Welsh (27) was killed yesterday when his Super Sabre F.100 crashed in flames after…

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