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On 13 July, 1944, aircraft Liberator GR.Mk.V BZ 717 (L) of the 311 (Czech) Squadron Royal Air Force, participated in a anti-submarine patrol over the English Channel. Due to approaching bad weather, Liberator with nine soldiers, flown by Ludvik Kosek, in thick fog struck a hill at Marlborough, near Bold Head Airport, Devon, at 13:15 hours on approach. The plane caught fire after the impact and the entire crew of nine perished. The funeral of the deceased airmen took place on 19 July, 1944. While Sgt M. B. Maňásek was buried at All Saints Cemetery in West Bromwich near Wolverhampton, the others were laid to rest at Weston Mill Cemetery in Plymouth.<ref>{{www=British Normandy Memorial.org|url=https://www.britishnormandymemorial.org/normandy-story/ludvik-kosek-and-the-crew-of-liberator-bz717//|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref> |
On 13 July, 1944, aircraft Liberator GR.Mk.V BZ 717 (L) of the 311 (Czech) Squadron Royal Air Force, participated in a anti-submarine patrol over the English Channel. Due to approaching bad weather, Liberator with nine soldiers, flown by Ludvik Kosek, in thick fog struck a hill at Marlborough, near Bold Head Airport, Devon, at 13:15 hours on approach. The plane caught fire after the impact and the entire crew of nine perished. The funeral of the deceased airmen took place on 19 July, 1944. While Sgt M. B. Maňásek was buried at All Saints Cemetery in West Bromwich near Wolverhampton, the others were laid to rest at Weston Mill Cemetery in Plymouth.<ref>{{www=British Normandy Memorial.org|url=https://www.britishnormandymemorial.org/normandy-story/ludvik-kosek-and-the-crew-of-liberator-bz717//|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 11:18, 18 December 2025
Village in Devon, England
Human settlement in England
Malborough is a village and civil parish in the South Hams region of Devon. The village is located on the A381 between Kingsbridge and Salcombe, and is a popular village for tourists, with many holiday homes located around the village. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 1,144, which was slightly more than the 971 recorded at the 2011 census.[2]
Malborough can be seen from many miles away throughout the South Hams region, due to its magnificent church spire, which is located at the highest point of the village. The Church of All Saints dates from the 13th Century and is built from local Soar stone.[3] The Right Honourable John Stapleton de Courcy, 28th Baron Kingsale, is interred in the churchyard, with other members of the de Courcy family.
The village is home to a small Asda supermarket and a petrol station. The village has an Anglican and a Baptist church (which runs coffee mornings), two pubs, a large village hall and playing fields with children’s play equipment and an outdoor gym, a primary school, a post office, a thriving youthclub, and a football team.
The parish of Malborough contains various historic estates including:
Malborough has a number of connections with the word “Moonraker”: the village cricket club,[8] a local taxi company and a house on the historic Lower Town[9] are named Moonrakers. Legend has it that a consignment of brandy was landed at Hope Cove and was in the process of being brought across Bolberry Down to Malborough when the customs men were spied riding down the valley. The smugglers threw the barrels into Horsey Pool, but realised they could still be seen through the water in the moonlight, so started raking the surface of the pond. When the customs men asked what they were doing, they replied that they were trying to rake the moon out of the pond.[citation needed]
On 13 July, 1944, aircraft Liberator GR.Mk.V BZ 717 (L) of the 311 (Czech) Squadron Royal Air Force, participated in a anti-submarine patrol over the English Channel. Due to approaching bad weather, Liberator with nine soldiers, flown by Ludvik Kosek, in thick fog struck a hill at Marlborough, near Bold Head Airport, Devon, at 13:15 hours on approach. The plane caught fire after the impact and the entire crew of nine perished. The funeral of the deceased airmen took place on 19 July, 1944. While Sgt M. B. Maňásek was buried at All Saints Cemetery in West Bromwich near Wolverhampton, the others were laid to rest at Weston Mill Cemetery in Plymouth.[10]
- ^ “Parish population 2011”. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ “Malborough (Parish, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location”. www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ “Church of All Saints, Malborough, Devon, England”. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.556
- ^ Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend John Swete, 1789-1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, Vol 2, p.164; Pevsner, p.556
- ^ Swete, Vol.2, p.164
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds’ Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.315, pedigree of Dyer of Malborough
- ^ “Malborough Moonrakers Cricket Club”. Malborough Moonrakers Cricket Club. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ “3 bedroom Cottage for sale: Moonrakers, Lower Town, Malborough, Kingsbridge”. Marchand Petit. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Template:Www=British Normandy Memorial.org
