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THE annual McMullen memorial was attended by more than 50 people last weekend, including one person who, 78 years later, might not have been present… ....
AFTER Pilot Officer William McMullen stayed with his stricken plane in a desperate, but successful, bid to prevent it from crashlanding in flames in… ....
AN airman who sacrificed his own life to save a town is going to be remembered in a Zoom ceremony on Wednesday night at the moment he crashed 76 years ago. In normal times, at 8.49pm on the anniversary of Pilot Office William McMullen’s death, a crowd gathers near the spot where he made the ultimate sacrifice to remember his heroism. McMullen could have jumped from his stricken bomber but instead stayed at the controls to steer it away from the houses of Darlington. Last year, on the 75th anniversary, the nation was battling Storm Brendan but still well over 100 people turned up at the monument in McMullen Road to pay their respects. ....