The Memorial At Munich Airport

There is a field cross-memorial in the village of Kirchtrudering (where the crash occured), It is at the corner of Karotschstraße and Emplstraße. The memorial is decorated with a trough filled with flowers and has the following inscription:

"Im Gedenken an die Opfer des Flugzeugkatastrophe am 6.2.1958 unter denen sich auch ein Teil der Fußballmannschaft von Manchester United befand, sowie allen Verkehrstoten der Gemeinde Trudering."

The approximate translation of this is:

"In the memory of the victims of the air disaster of 6.2.1958 including members of the football team of Manchester United as well as all the victims from the municipality of Trudering".

The old Reim airport no longer exists. The old airport grounds have been redeveloped into the Munich Trade Fair Centre, called the Messe München, but the old tower is still there. In September 2004, a new memorial was unveiled at Munich Airport

Thanks to Richard Levy and Reijo Pentinmäki for these photographs of the original memorial (below) and thanks to Jason Clarke for photos of both memorials taken on 6th February 2006.

Geoff Bent
Roger Byrne
Eddie Colman
Duncan Edwards
Mark Jones
David Pegg
Tommy Taylor
Liam Whelan
Walter Crickmer
Bert Whalley
Tom Curry
Alf Clarke
Don Davies
George Follows
Tom Jackson
Archie Ledbrooke
Henry Rose
Eric Thompson
Frank Swift
Kenneth Rayment
Bela Miklos
Willie Satinoff
Tommy Cable