The area was immediately barricaded to keep nosy people away while the investigators did their job. Investigations revealed that a bi-propellor civil airplane, owned by an english air surveying and charting company, crashed at 12.50 o'clock while it was on its way to Klagenfurt, claiming the lives of both the pilot and the photographer.

On the occasion of its fifthies city anniversary, the citizens of Rumelange initiated the errection of a memorial to honor both men. On 30 ^th of June 1957 a humble memorial was inaugurated at a place called Roschheck close to the crash site. The inscription on the memorial says:

To the memory of L.C.Sharling (28.7.1918) and D.C.Darvell (15.3.1921).