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Helicopter Crash Memorial

On 27 December 2006, a helicopter was picking up workers from the rig in Morecambe Bay when it crashed into the sea killing everyone on board.

RNLI boatmen from Fleetwood brought the bodies back to shore, which is why Sandra Potton, wife of the pilot Steve Potton, chose the spot adjacent to Fleetwood Lifeboat Station for the memorial.

Sandra Potton met the cost of the memorial herself. It’s a lectern style, dark grey granite plinth, etched with illustrations of a helicopter, gas rig and an RNLI boat, and a forget-me-not flower. The names of the men who lost their lives are commemorated as a permanent reminder for generations to come.

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