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Re: Manchester Utd FC, Busby Babes, 6 Feb 1952

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 6 Feb 2011 08:08

good grief


it seems so recent, and yet so long ago.


I was in school, in Oldham, north of Manchester, and we were all in shock




sylvia

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Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 6 Feb 2011 00:47

Dear All

Hello

On this day in 1958, Manchester United Football Club lost seven of their most talented players in an air crash.

The British European Airways (BEA) plane caught fire shortly after take off this afternoon with 38 passengers and six crew on board.

The chartered aircraft was bringing the Manchester United entourage back from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia and had stopped at Munich's Riem Airport to refuel.

On the third attempt to take off the plane over-shot the runway, hit a house with its port wing, veered to the right, hit another building and burst into flames.

The fuselage did not catch fire and several crew and passengers went back into the wreckage to rescue the injured.

The footballing world lost some of its most talented young players - known as the Busby Babes.

The team captain Roger Byrne, Mark Jones, Eddie Colman, Tommy Taylor, Liam Whelan, David Pegg and Geoff Bent all died.

Duncan Edwards only 18, died several days later from injuries.

Eight British sports journalists and several club officials were also killed.


Messages of sympathy poured in from around the world and clubs across the UK and Europe held two minutes silence at the games on the Saturday following the accident.

Red Star Belgrade, the team the Manchester United side had beaten before the crash, suggested they be made honorary champions in the 1958 European Cup.

Take gentle care
Very best wishes
xx