Whitley Bomber N1440


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Reference WMO/297866

Address:

Fulton Road

Forres

IV36 1AE

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Plaque commemorating those who died in Whitley Bomber N1440 which crashed in the garden of Glenernie Cottage, Tolbooth Street, on the 7th of November 1940. The Bomber plane was from No.19 O.T.U. based at RAF Kinloss. Erected in 1989, it is a wall-mounted brass plaque with wooden backboard and is incised with black lettering.

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THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY THE STATION COMMANDER/ ROYAL AIR FORCE KINLOSS/ GP. CAPT. R.H. GOULD MA. RAF./ ON 12TH NOVEMVER (SIC) 1989 IN MEMORY OF THE CREW OF WHITLEY BOMBER/ N1440 OF NO. 19 OTU BASED AT ROYAL AIR FORCE KINLOSS/ WHO DIED WHEN THEIR AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE GARDEN OF/ GLENERNIE TOLBOOTH STREET FORRES ON 7TH NOVEMBER 1940/ WITH NO LOSS OF CIVILIAN LIFE/ CREW/ (names)

CREW - FG OFF J.F. PAINTER DFC RAF, SGT H.D. GAYWOOD, SGT S.P. GALLAGHER, SGT F.W. LEWIS, SGT R.E. ROLISON, SGT F.S. LEGGE

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