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Title
RAF North Coates Strike Wing War Memorial
Medium
bronze & stone
Measurements
H 180 x W 90 x D 90 cm (E);
Plinth: H 250 x W 240 x D 240 cm (E)
Accession number
DN35_PR_S039
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
25th September 1999
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque on the front with white painted letters: 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; more detail of the Strike Wing follows; on the right face a prayer attributed to Fg Off Ernest Raymond Davey RCAF from London, Ontario, Canada, / Killed in action 2-10-44 in a 404 Sqn Beaufighter on the Dutch Coast; on the back face: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, / AND IN THE MORNING / WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM; on the left face a depiction of an aircraft then: THE BEAUFIGHTER ("BEAU"), then follows a poem atrributed to Gavin Ewart
