19 Operational Training Unit Forres

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Reference WMO/175366

Address:

A96

Forres

IV36 2SP

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cairn
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Dedicated to the airmen and airwomen who served at RAF Forres, also to the Polish Armed Forces who were stationed here from 1945-47. The memorial was erected in 1997, since then a model of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley aircraft and information plaque have been added to the site. The memorial is adjacent to a roadside cafe, once a Little Chef, then "FourTwo HQ" then Bervie Chipper
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19 OTU Forres / The Royal Air Force Satellite at Forres was constructed at Balnageith in 1940. The Whitleys of No 19 Operational Training Unit RAF Kinloss used this site until late 1944 and during that period trained thousands of aircrew for Bomber Command. / This cairn was erected in memory of Airmen and Airwomen who served here and especially those who gave thier lives while flying from Forres. / The cairn also commemorates the presence of the Polish Army Forces who were billeted on the site between 1945 and 1947 / 'We were but warriors of the working day'

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