East Kirkby RAF Station Ground Crew

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Reference WMO/262073

Address:

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

East Kirkby Airfield

East Kirkby

PE23 4DE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Roadside
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Geographical Marker: Framed Plaque? on stand, On each side of the text is engraved an aeroplane (Lancaster?), flying left to right. Each has a code; on the left is DXOA and on the right one the first letter is only partly visible, but it looks like IEOZ but might be intended to be LEOZ by the spacing. It is at the side of the altar in the Memorial Chapel. On each side of the text is engraved an aeroplane (Lancaster?), flying left to right. Each has a code; on the left is DXOA and on the right one the first letter is only partly visible, but it looks like IEOZ but might be intended to be LEOZ by the spacing.
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THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE OFFICERS, N.C.O.’s, AIRMEN AND AIRWOMEM OF THE GROUND CREWS / GROUND STAFF WHO SERVED WITH 57 AND 630 LANCASTER SQUADRONS AT EAST KIRKBY DURING 1943 – 45. PRESENTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY BY THE 57 AND 630 SQUADRONS ASSOCIATION AND UNVEILED BY IT’S PRESIDENT. SIR IVOR BROOM KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC**, AFC. ON THE 11th JULY 1999

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