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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tendring
- Town
- Clacton On Sea
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13 January 1995
Attended by: Mr Alvin J Stuart of Wildwood, Florida - Cousin of the Casualty
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22928
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Current location
At the Southern end of Albany Gardens
on the left as entering the park
Marine Parade East
Clacton On Sea
Tendring
Essex
CO15 6HN
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 18668 15296
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Grey marble tablet mounted on stone block base. White lettering. Further plaque at front of base. At entrance to the park.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF / FLIGHT OFFICER RAYMOND E. KING / OF THE 436th FIGHTER SQUADRON, / 479th GROUP U.S. 8th AIR FORCE / WHOSE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE SEA / NEAR THIS SPOT ON 13th JANUARY 1945 / AFTER DEVELOPING ENGINE TROUBLE. / F/O KING WAS RETURNING TO BASE / AFTER A COMBAT MISSION AND NEVER / SURVIVED HIS ORDEAL IN THE / BITTERLY COLD SEA. THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVIELED (sic) BY THE / PILOTS COUSIN MR ALVIN J STUART / OF WILDWOOD, FLORIDA U.S.A. / 13th JANUARY 1995.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- King, Raymond F.
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, service, place of death, forenames, manner of death, relationships, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone blocks
- Tablet
- 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
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