
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- East Kirkby, near Spilsby
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20355
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Current location
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
East Kirkby
near Spilsby
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
PE23 4DE
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 33803 62155
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tree with associated silver plaque. Also part of the memorial is the Lancaster Bomber NX211 which is being restored in his memory, by his brothers Fred and Harold
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THIS TREE COMMEMORATES/ P/O CHRISTOPHER WHITTON PANTON/ WHO WAS LOST ON THE NUREMBERG RAID/ ON 30/31 MARCH 1944/ 433 SQN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Panton, Christopher Whitton
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, service, place of death, forenames ,manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- For much more on this story and the story of Pilot Officer Panton, see 'This England' Magazine, Autumn 2017 edition, pages 28-31
- CWGC Citation-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2102744/panton,-christopher-witton/
- www.lincsaviation.co.uk/
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