EAST HORNDON, England--Capt. John Williams, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, speaks with Mike Hughes,former Royal Marines Commando, prior to a remembrance service Sept. 29, 2012, at the Church of All Saints. This service was to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Sept. 26, 1943, air disaster involving the Dorsal Queen and Raunchy Wolf. The two B-17 Flying Fortresses collided killing 21 Americans who were returning to England following a bombing mission during World War II.


EAST HORNDON, England--Capt. John Williams, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, speaks with Mike Hughes,former Royal Marines Commando, prior to a remembrance service Sept. 29, 2012, at the Church of All Saints. This service was to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Sept. 26, 1943, air disaster involving the Dorsal Queen and Raunchy Wolf. The two B-17 Flying Fortresses collided killing 21 Americans who were returning to England following a bombing mission during World War II.


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