RAF Banff Strike Wing Memorial

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Reference WMO/217416

Address:

A98 Layby

near Boyndie

AB45 2LS

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Pillar/column
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
About the memorial: Norwegian Armed Forces: Stone pillar with inscribed plaque. Also a plaque depicting the crests of the 6th RAF Banff Strike Wing squadrons. The pillar is situated in a memorial garden. Each tree is dedicated to one of the Strike Wing squadrons (c IWM Archive 13403) Photos and details on SWMP Link. There is also a Book of Remembrance at St Mary's Church, Banff Includes
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THE RAF BANFF STRIKE WING/ THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE/ MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED WITH THE/ SIX MULTI-NATIONAL SQUADRONS WHICH/ FORMED THE BANFF STRIKE WING AT/ RAF BANFF BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1944/ AND MAY 1945. UNDER THE COMMAND/ OF GROUP CAPTAIN THE HON. MAX AITKEN/ THE MIXED MOSQUITO AND BEAUFIGHTER/ UNITS MOUNTED CONCENTRATED/ ATTACKS ON GERMAN SURFACE VESSELS/ AND U-BOATS IN THE NORTH SEA AND/ ALONG THE NORWEGIAN COAST./ THEIR SUCCESS IN THE CLOSING MONTHS/ OF WORLD WAR II WAS IMPORTANT/ IN THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY AND/ STRIKE WING AIRCRAFT OPERATING/ FROM THE AIRFIELD NEAR HERE/ INFLICTED HEAVY DAMAGE ON ENEMY/ SHIPPING AND SUPPLY ROUTES./ MANY THOUSANDS OF TONS OF VITAL/ IRON ORE AND OTHER SUPPLIES WERE/ LOST TO THE GERMAN FORCES AS A/ RESULT OF ROCKET AND CANNON/ ATTACKS CARRIED OUT BY THIS/ GALLANT STRIKE WING. LOSSES/ AMONGST THE RAF COMMONWEALTH/ AND NORWEGIAN SQUADRONS WERE HIGH. MORE THAN 80 AIRCREW/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FLYING WITH/ THE RAF BANFF STRIKE WING. RAF BANFF/14 (P) AFU-May 1943 to August 1944/This stone marks the achievements of Number 14 (Pilot)/Advanced Flying Unit which was based at RAF Banff for/15 hectic months during World War II. In that period they/trained 2,136 pilots on twin-engine Airspeed Oxfords and/flew a staggering 149,412 hours. Because they had to make/way for the Banff Strike Wing in the autumn of 1944,/Number 14 (P) AFU were required to accelerate their/training programme to achieve the highest possible number/of trained pilots. To that end the last 10 weeks of their/… before disbandment on August 31, 1944, saw the/unit train 620 pilots and fly a remarkable 35,516 hours./Erected by the RAF Banff Strike Wing Memorial Trust/November 1992

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