Bury rugby players remembered 50 years after plane crash

Organiser Austin Cornish, whose father Laurie died in the crash, said: “It is so important that we continue to keep their memories alive.”

Sixty cyclists are taking part in the six-day, 390 mile challenge from just outside Paris to Bury St Edmunds, arriving on Sunday.

Members of the club were returning home after watching a France-England rugby international in Paris.

All 346 people on board the plane were killed.

Mr Cornish was three years old when his father was killed.

“He only got offered his ticket 10 days before the crash by somebody,” he said.

“There were 10 widows, 21 children lost their fathers and partners on that day so it had a massive impact on the rugby club and the town.”