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The memorial commemorates the crew of RAF Coastal Command N/461 which, returning to base after an epic battle over the Bay of Biscay on 2nd June 1943, had to ditch their Short Sunderland bomber in the sea at Praa Sands having being shot at by eight German fighter planes. Local people took the crew into their homes offering them medical attention, however sadly one of the crew, Ted Miles, was killed. The memorial stone has the emblem for the Royal Australian Air Force RAFF and a picture of the Sunderland Flying Boat at the top.

Title

Sunderland Flying Boat Memorial

Date

2013

Accession number

TR20_BH_S072

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

2nd June 2013

Access

at all times

Inscription description

front: “THEY SHALL NOT PASS UNSEEN” / We honour the crew of / Sunderland Flying Boat EJ123 – N/461. Their courage / and sacrifice and remember, with deep gratitude, / the local people of Praa Sands, who came to their aid. / [Names] / On 2nd June 1943 in an epic battle over the / Bay of Biscay and against overwhelming odds / the crew of N/461 – RAF Coastal Command / defeated 8 attacking German JU88s. Returning / to base with the Sunderland severely damaged / they finally had to ditch at Praa Sands beach. / P/O Miles died in this battle and 8 of the / remaining crew were lost in action in the Bay of Biscay on 13 August 1943. F/Lt Walker / and P/O Amiss survived the war. / “We will remember them” / www.n461.com

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Pengersick Lane, Praa Sands

TR20 9TB

Set on Praa Green, facing the sea on open heathland.

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