Sheffield plane crash memorial upgraded ahead of military flypast

By Lee Peace
Published 24th Jan 2019, 09:41 BST
Updated 24th Jan 2019, 09:43 BST
A new information plaque and tarmacked steps at the memorial to Mi Amigo at Endcliffe Park.A new information plaque and tarmacked steps at the memorial to Mi Amigo at Endcliffe Park.
A new information plaque and tarmacked steps at the memorial to Mi Amigo at Endcliffe Park.
Improvements have been made to a memorial dedicated to the victims of a wartime plane crash in Sheffield ahead of a flypast to mark 75 years since the tragedy.

All 10 crew on board the badly damaged B-17 Flying Fortress, known as Mi Amigo, were killed when it plummeted from the skies and crashed into  Endcliffe Park in 1944. 

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A new information plaque and tarmacked steps at the memorial to Mi Amigo at Endcliffe Park.A new information plaque and tarmacked steps at the memorial to Mi Amigo at Endcliffe Park.
A new information plaque and tarmacked steps at the memorial to Mi Amigo at Endcliffe Park.

Pensioner Tony Foulds, who was one of a group of school children who witnessed the tragedy that fateful day and has been tending to the site every week for the last several decades, called for Sheffield City Council to make improvements to the memorial.

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The authority has now sited an information point at the memorial dedicated to the crewmen who were killed. 

In addition, steps leading to the site have been tarmacked in accordance with Mr Foulds' wishes. 

The Star understands talks are also underway about installing new sign posts to the memorial. 

The Mi Amigo crew.The Mi Amigo crew.
The Mi Amigo crew.

Mr Foulds, aged 82, of Lowedges, said: “The new steps and the information point look great. A lot of people have been coming around to take a look.”    

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