Airfields without Memorials

26 Nov 2018 11:44 #21 by Peter Kirk
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Treligga? Or was it merely a range with grass landing strips? As far as the FAA was concerned it was a satellite of St Merryn.


According to the FAA charts is seemed to be classed as an airfield rather than a landing ground to be used in an emergency. Apart from unexpected guests you don't hear anything about intentional movements at Treligga. Shame there isn't a diary for Treligga as that might prove interesting. Was there a diary for St Merryn?

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26 Nov 2018 12:43 #22 by REF
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PART 1

Balderton - memorial at care home on the airfield
www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page/balderton_airfield

Bottesford - Bottesford village church has a plaque
www.bottesfordhistory.org.uk/content/top...ials-st-marys-church

Bourn - Flight memorial at Cambourne and Aircraft on Bourn village sign
www.ukairfields.org.uk/cambourne.html

Feltwell - 75 Sqn Memorial in Village
www.ukairfields.org.uk/feltwell.html

Gaydon - Plaques in motor museum on site
www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/w...ing-ground-gatehouse

Gosfield - memorial in Gosfield Village, plaques in church
www.ukairfields.org.uk/gosfield.html

Great Dunmow - Memorial near airfield to those who served there
www.ukairfields.org.uk/great-dunmow.html

Great Massingham - Village Sign
www.ukairfields.org.uk/great-massingham.html

Greenham Common - Memorial at Industiral Estate
www.ukairfields.org.uk/greenham-common.html
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26 Nov 2018 12:43 #23 by REF
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PART 2 (I apparently had too many links to put it as one post!)

Hixon - Plaque in village Hall
www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/s...3-hixon-village-hall

Hornchurch - Memorial at School
www.ukairfields.org.uk/hornchurch.html

Hunsdon - Memorial on airfield
www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/237398/

Stoney Cross - Info board in car park at airfield
www.ukairfields.org.uk/stoney-cross.html

Weston Zoyland - ABCT Marker Stone
www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/weston-zoyland/

Wing - kind of a link but Cublington Spinney has a memorial to the proposed London airport that was planned for Wing airfield, it never happened
www.ukairfields.org.uk/cublington.html
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26 Nov 2018 13:19 - 26 Nov 2018 13:19 #24 by netcompsys
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Bottesford - Bottesford village church has a plaque
www.bottesfordhistory.org.uk/content/top...ials-st-marys-church


I think that this one is to 207 squadron who were based there rather than the airfield itself ?

But there is one in the control tower?
www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/l...-control-tower#14573

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26 Nov 2018 13:26 - 26 Nov 2018 13:26 #25 by netcompsys
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Feltwell - 75 Sqn Memorial in Village
www.ukairfields.org.uk/feltwell.html


Similarly this is primarily for 75 Sqn, Feltwell gets a mention because that is where they were based ....

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26 Nov 2018 19:20 - 26 Nov 2018 19:21 #26 by REF
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Feltwell - 75 Sqn Memorial in Village
www.ukairfields.org.uk/feltwell.html


Similarly this is primarily for 75 Sqn, Feltwell gets a mention because that is where they were based ....


As does the one at Mepal for 75 Sqn but they both refer to the airfield. In fact most 'airfield memorials' are to the units that were based at them but as the objective of the original post was to look at airfields that do not have a memorial.

Not that I want to pick holes, I'll just not bother commenting in the future.

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27 Nov 2018 06:43 #27 by Tony H
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Thanks to all for the recent inputs - the list has been updated (again)

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27 Nov 2018 07:46 #28 by Granite
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RAF Clifton/Rawcliffe has a memorial at Kettlestring lane
www.cliftonwithout-pc.org.uk/CliftonWith...ictures/Memorial.jpg

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27 Nov 2018 12:35 - 27 Nov 2018 12:37 #29 by stevie
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As Rich pointed out Balderton does have it's memorial at the care home. It also now has a plaque set in a piece of original Balderton runway at Newark Air Museum. I know it's not on the actual airfield site but it's fairly nearby -
www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/n...ue-newark-air-museum
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27 Nov 2018 19:05 #30 by Tony H
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Stevie et all

Whilst attending a recent event at the IBCC, I discovered that a second memorial is planned for Balderton. If all goes well it will be located close to the site of the former MG, just off A1 and close to the junction of the minor rd to Claypole

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