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Title
Earls Colne Airfield Memorial
Date
1989
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 360 x W 85 x D 85 cm;
Plinth: H 75 x W 75 x D 100 cm
Accession number
CO6_TJ_S226
Acquisition method
commissioned by Thomas Philips Price Trust
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Access note
Marks Hall opening times apply.
Inscription description
plaque one brass, upper obelisk: THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN RAISED IN THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVED AT MARKS HALL / AND EALS COLNE AIRFIELD DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR / THE OBELISK STANDS AT THE CENTRE OF A TENTH SCALE LAYOUT OF THE / AIRFIELD RUNWAYS AND WAS / CONSTRUCTED IN 1989 / THOMAS PHILIP PRICE TRUST 1994; plaque two on square base section: 246 & 297 SQUADRONS / ROYAL AIR FORCE / IN MEMORY OF THE AIRCREW WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES DOING TRAINING AND ON OPERATIONS WHILE SERVING AT ROYAL AIRFORCE STATION EARLS COLNE; plaque three on square base: "without fear we conquer" 323rd BOMB GROUP / DEDICATE THIS PLAQUE TO THE / PAST GENERATION WHO DEFENDED / OUR CHERISHED LIBERTIES AND TO / THE FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO / MUST DO THE SAME; plaque four on square base section: 94th bomb group / R.A.F STATION 358 / EARLS COLNE ESSEX ENGLAND / 13 MAY 1943 - 13 JUNE 1943 "IN MEMORY AND IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE 94TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP" 331ST, 332ND, 333RD 410TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRONS 1994; plaque five on square base section: B SQUADRON / THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT / IN MEMORY OF BRITISH ARMY AND AIR FORCE GLIDER PILOTS WHO LOST THEIR LIVED ON TRAINING AND AIRBORNE FORCES OPERATIONS WHILE SERVING AT RAF STATION EARLS COLNE / 1944 – 1945; plaque six at the base of the obelisk: IN MEMORY OF FRED CORBY FORMER REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT WHO PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN ORGANISING MEMORIAL
South of Earls Colne Airfield, Earls Colne
CO6 1TG
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