Editing Darlington (section)

===Wars===
[[File:Canonsothprk.jpg|thumb|right|Russian [[Crimean War]] Cannon from [[Sevastopol]] in South Park]]
In 1939, Darlington had the most cinema seats per capita in the United Kingdom.<ref name=visitdarlington />

On the night of 13 January 1945, a [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster bomber]] piloted by [[Pilot officer|Pilot Officer]] William Stuart McMullen of [[Canada]] was on a training exercise when one of its engines caught fire and it crashed on farmland near Lingfield Lane. McMullen heroically stayed at the controls while his crew parachuted to safety and directed the stricken aircraft away from the houses below. He was killed on impact. His heroism was honoured by renaming Lingfield Lane "McMullen Road" and erecting a memorial monument.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2017 |title=Recalling the moment of one man's sacrifice: The night a Canadian airman died saving Darlington residents |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15020367.recalling-the-moment-of-one-mans-sacrifice-the-night-a-canadian-airman-died-saving-darlington-residents/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111043605/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15020367.recalling-moment-one-mans-sacrifice-night-canadian-airman-pilot-officer-william-mcmullen-died-saving-darlington-residents/ |archive-date=11 January 2023 |access-date=13 January 2019 |website=The Northern Echo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Casualty – Pilot Officer William Stuart McMullen |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2623900/mcmullen,-william-stuart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113182337/https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2623900/mcmullen,-william-stuart/ |archive-date=13 January 2019 |access-date=13 January 2019 |website=www.cwgc.org}}</ref>