Soccer - Munich Air Disaster Memorial Service - St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
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Soccer - Munich Air Disaster Memorial Service - St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London 1958

Chairman of the Players' Union Jimmy Hill (l) with England Manager Walter Winterbottom at St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the memorial service to Manchester United officials and players and other victims of the Munich air disaster. Flight 609 which was carrying Manchester United players and officials as well as other passengers crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, resulting in a total of 23 fatalities with 21 survivors.

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