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Flag-raising commorates Mi Amigo crash

A permanent flagpole carrying the United States flag has been unveiled at Endcliffe Park close to the memorial of the 1944 Mi Amigo plane crash. Returning damaged from a WW2 mission the US bomber crashed into woodlands killing all 10 crew on board and narrowly avoiding a group of schoolchildren. Tony Foulds who witnessed the crashed when he was just eight years old has been looking after the memorial for decades. Baillor Jalloh reports for Sheffield Live!