Dallachy Strike Wing

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Reference WMO/140848

Address:

Bogmoor Road

Bogmoor

IV32 7PA

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Brick Brick
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A memorial to RAF personnel who were stationed at Dallachy Airfield during WW2. Wall of irregular stone blocks at the entrance to the former airfield.
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Across top, badges of: 114 Squadron RAF, 404 Squadron RCAF, Coastal Command 18 Group, 455 Squadron RAAF and 489 Squadron RNZAF Main tablet: THE RAF DALLACHY STRIKE WING / THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES ALL WHO SERVED WITH THE FOUR RAF / AND COMMONWEALTH SQUADRONS OF THE DALLACHY STRIKE WING HERE / AT RAF DALLACHY BETWEEN OCTOBER 1944 AND MAY 1945. THE UNIT'S / BEAUFIGHTERS MOUNTED CONCENTRATED ATTACKS ON GERMAN VESSELS / IN THE NORTH SEA AND ALONG THE NORWEGIAN COAST IN THE CLOSING / MONTHS OF WORLD WAR II. SKILFULLY AND COURAGEOUSLY ATTACKING / USING ROCKETS, CANNON, AND TORPEDO THEY SANK OR HEAVILY DAMAGED / ENEMY SHIPPPING AND SO DEPRIVED GERMAN FORCES OF THOUSANDS OF / TONS OF VITAL IRON ORE AND OTHER SUPPLIES, AND MADE A MAJOR / CONTRIBUTION TO FINAL ALLIED VICTORY. LOSSES AMONG THE RAF / AND COMMONWEALTH SQUADRONS WERE HIGH, ON 9TH FEBRUARY 1945 / (BLACK FRIDAY) 9 DALLACHY AIRCRAFT WERE LOST ON ONE SHIPPING / ATTACK AT FORDE FJORD, NORWAY, THE HEAVIEST LOSS IN THE HISTORY OF THE STRIKE WINGS. / ESPECIALLY REMEMBERED ARE OVER 70 AIRCREW WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FLYING WITH THE RAF DALLACHY / STRIKE WING. At right hand side, map of Norway with an image of a Beaufight and a ship hit by torpedo: "History flew beside them and bright fame / arches her wings above the cloudy wars" / (C. Day Lewis) Below: ROYAL AIR FORCE / DALLACHY STRIKE WING Below that three tablets (left to right): "As well as local materials / this memorial contains stones / from Australia, Canada, Ireland, / New Zealand and Norway" "The two rowan trees, which wee planted on 8th November 1998 / are a permanent memorial from the survivors of 144 Squadron / who served at Dallachy to their comrades of the Strike Wing / who did not return from operations" "An Exhibition on / RAF Dallachy can be seen / at the Folk Museum / High Street, Fochabers" Two tablets on low stone platforms at each side of main memorial Left hand side: "To all who served and gave / their lives while with the / 14 (PILOT) ADVANCED FLYING UNIT / ROYAL AIR FORCE At R.A.F. STATIONS BANFF, / DALLACHY and FRASERBURGH / MAY 1943 - AUGUST 1944" Right hand side: Map of the airfield

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