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Seaward aspect - Taken by War Memorials Trust 23 Mar 2013
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Leeward aspect - Taken by War Memorials Trust 23 Mar 2013
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RAF Commonwealth and Allied Forces front inscription - Taken by Mr C E Moreton 29 Sep 2013
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RAF Commonwealth and Allied Forces Base inscriptions - Taken by Mr C E Moreton 29 Sep 2013
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RAF Commonwealth and Allied Air Forces left plaque - Taken by Mr C E Moreton 29 Sep 2013
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RAF Commonwealth and Allied Air Forces rear plaque - Taken by Mr C E Moreton 29 Sep 2013
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RAF Commonwealth and Allied Air Forces right plaque - Taken by Mr C E Moreton 29 Sep 2013
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RAF Commonwealth and Allied Forces, Plymouth Hoe - Taken by Mr C E Moreton 30 Sep 2013
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RAF, Armada and Naval memorials. Plymouth Hoe - Taken by Ian Capper (geograph) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons License 06 Sep 2015
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RAF Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces Memorial - Taken by Brian Fare 11 May 2022
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RAF Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces Memorial - Taken by Brian Fare 11 May 2022
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RAF Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces Memorial - Taken by Brian Fare 11 May 2022
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RAF Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces Memorial - Taken by Brian Fare 11 May 2022
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RAF Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces Memorial - Taken by Brian Fare 11 May 2022
Reference WMO/98534
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TABLET ONE: ROYAL AIR FORCE/ COMMONWEALTH & ALLIED AIR FORCES/ 1939 - 1945 TABLET TWO: TRIBUTE/ TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN/ AUSTRALIA, CANADA, INDIA, NEW ZEALAND,/ RHODESIA AND SOUTH AFRICA/ BELGIUM, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK,/ FRANCE, GREECE, THE NETHERLANDS,/ NORWAY, AND POLAND./ THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA./ THE UNION OF SOVIET REPUBLICS/ & THOSE OF MANY OTHER NATIONS WHO SERVED/ IN ALL COMMANDS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE,/ COMMONWEALTH AND ALLIED AIR FORCES/ DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR./ THEIR COURAGE, SKILL AND DEVOTION TO DUTY/ WAS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER./ BY WINNING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, THE MEN/ AND WOMEN OF FIGHTER AND OTHER COMMANDS/ SAVED THIS COUNTRY FROM INVASION IN 1940./ "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT HAS SO/ MUCH BEEN OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW."/ CHURCHILL/ COASTAL COMMAND PLAYED A VITAL ROLE/ IN KEEPING THE SEA LANES OPEN./ THE COMMANDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND/ THE FAR EAST MADE GREAT CONTRIBUTION/ TOWARDS FINAL VICTORY. FROM THE OUTBREAK OF WAR THE BOMBER OFFENSIVE STEADILY INCREASED AND AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE PATHFINDER GROUP IN 1942 VERY SEVERE DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY BY THE CONSTANT NIGHT AND DAY OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT BY BOMBER COMMAND AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. CONTROL OVER THE SKIES IN EUROPE IN 1944 WAS A VITAL FACTOR TO THE SUCCESS OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS. THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF TACTICAL AND BOMBER COMMANDS AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THEN SPEARHEADED THE ALLIED ADVANCE ACROSS EUROPE. THE INSPIRED LEADERSHIP OF BENNETT, DOWDING, HARRIS, PORTAL, SLESSOR AND TEDDER OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND ARNOLD, BAKER AND SPAATZ OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PAVED THE WAY TO VICTORY IN 1945. "NOW AT LAST BOMBER COMMANDS HAVE WON THEIR BATTLE OF EUROPE OPENING THE PATH FOR VICTORY AND FREEDOM FOR THE ENSLAVED COUNTRIES OF EUROPE." CHURCHILL 1945/ HONOUR/ 107,000 MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ 84,000 MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE/ 42,200 MEMBERS OF THE SOVIET AIR FORCE/ WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TABLET THREE: THEY FLEW BY DAY AND NIGHT/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES TO KEEP FOREVER BRIGHT/ THAT PRECIOUS LIGHT,/ FREEDOM TABLET FOUR: ROYAL AIR FORCE COMMAND LOSSES/ 1939 - 1945/ FERRY 209/ WEST AFRICA 461/ WAAF 464/ BALLOON 499/ ARMY CO-OP 634/ MAINTENANCE 662/ TRANSPORT 1,147/ 2ND TACTICAL/ 2,828/ FLYING TRAINING 3,8563/ SEAC/ 6,162/ TECH TRAINING 7,345/ FIGHTER 7,436/ COASTAL 9,145/ MIDDLE EAST 13,225/ BOMBER 58,378/ BENEATH THIS MONUMENT ARE THE NAMES OF/ MANY AIRMEN AND WOMEN WHOSE RELATIVES/ WISH THEIR NAMES TO REMAIN IN PERPETUITY/ HERE ALSO REST THE ASHES OF/ AIR VICE MARSHAL D.C.T. BENNETT C.B. C.B.E. D.S.O./ COMMANDER OF THE PATHFINDER FORCE NO. 8 GROUP BOMBER COMMAND/ REQUIESCANT IN PACE
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