RAF North Coates Strike Wing

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Reference WMO/71543

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New Tribes Mission Headquarters

Grounds of former RAF station North Coates

North Coates

England

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Status: Unknown
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: This memorial is a smaller replica of the RAF North Coates Strike Wing memorial on Cleethorpes seafront (UKNIWM 34932). It is in the form of a stone plinth with a small serviceman figure atop. It is located on the former site of RAF North Coates.
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PLAQUE: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ NORTH COATES STRIKE WING/ THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE MEN/ AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AS PILOTS,/ NAVIGATORS AND GROUND PERSONNEL,/ WHICH FORMED THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ NORTH COATES STRIKE WING/ DURING WORLD WAR II./ FROM 1942 TO 1945 COVERING THE/ COASTAL REGIONS OF NORWAY, DENMARK,/ GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM AND FRANCE/ FROM BERGEN TO THE SKAGERRAK,/ THE FRISIAN ISLANDS, THE NORTH SEA,/ THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND/ THE BAY OF BISCAY TO BORDEAUX./ OPERATING WITH BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER/ AIRCRAFT, ARMED WITH CANNON, BOMBS,/ TORPEDO AND ROCKETS THEY INFLICTED/ HEAVY LOSSES AND DAMAGE TO SHIPPING,/ DENYING FREEDOM OF THE SEA FOR SUPPLY/ PURPOSES, FOR THE NAZI GERMAN FORCES/ AND WAR INDUSTRY./ OVER 150,000 TONS OF ENEMY SHIPPING/ WAS DESTROYED./ THESE ATTACKS WERE MADE BY DAY &/ NIGHT, FLYING AT VERY LOW ALTITUDE/ IN COMBAT CONDITIONS OF VERY HEAVY/ GERMAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE./ 120 AIRCRAFT FAILED TO RETURN AND/ 241 AIRCREW FROM GREAT BRITAIN,/ THE COMMONWEALTH AND OUR ALLIES/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FLYING WITH/ THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ NORTH COATES STRIKE WING/ (No's 143, 236 and 245 SQUADRONS).

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