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Airfield/village Memorials
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Hi Thanks to all for recent posts the list of sites is getting bigger . Also check out the thread that is running in the mess section
Regards Nigel
Regards Nigel
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A couple from me
Greenham Common
Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Upper Heyford
Upper Heyford 1 by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Upper Heyford 2 by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Lakenheath Memorial Garden (below the 'planes on sticks')
Lakenheath Memorial Garden by Darren Currie, on Flickr
All the best
Darren
Greenham Common
Greenham Common by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Upper Heyford
Upper Heyford 1 by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Upper Heyford 2 by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Lakenheath Memorial Garden (below the 'planes on sticks')
Lakenheath Memorial Garden by Darren Currie, on Flickr
All the best
Darren
Re: Airfield/village Memorials
Thanks guys keep them coming. There is a nice one in
Wroughton village near Swindon consisting of a
Mosaic wall and 3 children's benches I will post
Pictures when I have uploaded off camera
Regards Ni
Wroughton village near Swindon consisting of a
Mosaic wall and 3 children's benches I will post
Pictures when I have uploaded off camera
Regards Ni
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480 by marshn2010, on Flickr
478 by marshn2010, on Flickr
477 by marshn2010, on Flic
481 by marshn2010, on Flickr
Hi all here are the pics from Wrougthon village They can be found outside the village community centre .Just behind the centre there is a carpark for the local shops and I can recommend the coffee shop.
regards
NI
478 by marshn2010, on Flickr
477 by marshn2010, on Flic
481 by marshn2010, on Flickr
Hi all here are the pics from Wrougthon village They can be found outside the village community centre .Just behind the centre there is a carpark for the local shops and I can recommend the coffee shop.
regards
NI
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Re: Airfield/village Memorials
War memorial in Badwell Ash has a plaque on it commemorating B17. 42-3544 "Stars and Stripes".
Aircraft belonged to 550 B/Sq, 385 B/Group. Crashed after takeoff from Great Ashfield airfield 5th Jan 1944 .
One survivor from crew.
Part of Great Ashfield runway still exists a couple of miles north of Elmswell , east of Bury St Edmunds.
Phil
Aircraft belonged to 550 B/Sq, 385 B/Group. Crashed after takeoff from Great Ashfield airfield 5th Jan 1944 .
One survivor from crew.
Part of Great Ashfield runway still exists a couple of miles north of Elmswell , east of Bury St Edmunds.
Phil
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Memorial on Vatersay (Outer Hebrides) to crew of Catalina that crashed in 1944, amazingly quite a bit of the airframe remains, (not sure if this is posted in correct thread/area?).
If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!
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This Catalina was JX273 of 302FTU based at RAF Oban (seaplane base).
See also http://www.501places.com/2013/07/catalina-on-vatersay/.
See also http://www.501places.com/2013/07/catalina-on-vatersay/.
Cheers, Bob
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Thanks for the post Pune and Bob it looks like it is in a beautiful location
Ni
Ni
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And that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity,
from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been,
and are being, evolved.
from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been,
and are being, evolved.
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Thanks to all who have posted on this topic. Some very interesting information and pictures.
Note that actually it was Lancaster W4175 (not WF4175) that crashed on Coningsby gasworks on 20/03/43.
TM74
Note that actually it was Lancaster W4175 (not WF4175) that crashed on Coningsby gasworks on 20/03/43.
TM74
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Re: Airfield/village Memorials
Looks like someone is trying to get a memorial here.
http://www.ww2talk.com/index.php?thread ... ost-732355
http://www.ww2talk.com/index.php?thread ... ost-732355
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Hi,1marshn30 wrote:Thanks for the post Pune and Bob it looks like it is in a beautiful location
Ni
It is in a most beautiful area yes, quite emotional when you are there in the quiet with the memorial and your thoughts. Well worth the trip if you are up that way..
If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!
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HI guys sorry its be a while since my last post .
Back in October I went to the village of Woodend in Northants by chance on the anniversary of this sad incident .
1128 by marshn2010, on Flickr
Next to the main stone is a very good information board
1131 by marshn2010, on Flickr
In August I Visited South Cerney and in the church graveyard is a bench in memory of the crew of Hercules XV180 which crashed at Fairford in1969.
196 by marshn2010, on Flickr
200 by marshn2010, on Flickr
I also visited nearby Down Ampney Church which also has a garden of remembrance for those who served at the nearby airfield and a nice stained glass window
I hope to make some more trips around when the weather improves .
Comments and information always welcome
Nigel
Back in October I went to the village of Woodend in Northants by chance on the anniversary of this sad incident .
1128 by marshn2010, on Flickr
Next to the main stone is a very good information board
1131 by marshn2010, on Flickr
In August I Visited South Cerney and in the church graveyard is a bench in memory of the crew of Hercules XV180 which crashed at Fairford in1969.
196 by marshn2010, on Flickr
200 by marshn2010, on Flickr
I also visited nearby Down Ampney Church which also has a garden of remembrance for those who served at the nearby airfield and a nice stained glass window
I hope to make some more trips around when the weather improves .
Comments and information always welcome
Nigel
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Hi all on the BBC news this morning they ran an item on a nee memorial at Great Rollright Oxon to the crew of a B-17 that came down on the edge of the Village
Ni
Ni
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hi all Sir Frank Whittle statue outside the Coventry Transport Museum.
Sir Frank Whittle who made the cheap foriegn trip possible by marshn2010, on Flickr
Sir Frank Whittle who made the cheap foriegn trip possible by marshn2010, on Flickr
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Hi all not be able to post for far to long as laptop died!!! Here is one from a trp to Yorkshire in 1999
10 Sqn Memorial RAF Melbourne Yorkshire by marshn2010, on Flickr
Will post more in the near future
Ni
10 Sqn Memorial RAF Melbourne Yorkshire by marshn2010, on Flickr
Will post more in the near future
Ni
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Radar Memorial by marshn2010, on Flickr
As promised new posts.The Birth of Radar memorial near Daventy at Radmoor
As promised new posts.The Birth of Radar memorial near Daventy at Radmoor
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