This memorial stone is sited to honour the lives of the crew of FERRY FLIGHT No 1 AIRCRAFT DELIVERY UNIT from RAF Portreath to Malta. Which crashed here on 24th July 1942. The aircraft was a BRISTOL BEAUFORT FIGHTER BOMBER with a crew of four who all lost their lives. 778335 Flt Sgt J C Atkinson. Pilot (Rhodesia). 123055 Plt Off F S Day Observer. 946939 Sgt C R Taylor Wireless Officer, 1307669 Sgt J O Twelvetrees, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.
Flt Sgt Atkinson and Plt Off Day both lay at rest in Illogan Churchyard, Row 1 Graves 20 and 21
Roscroggan RAF Memorial
