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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Trophy / Relic
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- Tattershall Thorpe
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43225
Current location
Located near the site entrance.
Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre
B1192
Tattershall Thorpe
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN4 4PE
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 215 598
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Outside the guardroom.
RAF Woodhall Spa
B1192
Woodhall Spa
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 204 611
Denomination: Undefined
- Outside the guardroom.
- Description
- Three-bladed propeller and centre hub mounted on plinth. Adjacent to memorial is a board which bears an inscription.
- Inscription
- AVRO LANCASTER/ PROPELLER/ THIS PROPELLER, RECOVERED FROM THE WASH,/ IS DEDICATED TO THE PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL/ AND ALLIED AIR FORCES WHO HAVE SERVED AT/ ROYAL AIRFORCE WOODHALL SPA SINCE 1942/ IT WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED ON THE AIRFIELD/ IN 1993 BY THE OFFICERS AND AIRMEN OF THE/ PROPULSION FLIGHT, RAF WOODHALL SPA, AND/ AND WAS MOVED TO THORPE CAMP VISITOR CENTRE,/ FORMELY No.1 COMMUNAL SITE, RAF WOODHALL/ SPA, WHEN THE PROPULSION FLIGHT CLOSED/ DOWN IN 2003.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Relic
Measurements: height 2850mm
Materials: Steel - Plinth
Measurements: depth 1000mm, height 1170mm, width 1000mm
Materials: Concrete - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Relic
- 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
- History
- Post-2003: The four metal squadron badges which were originally attached to the plinth are no longer attached to it. 2003: Moved to Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre when Propoulsion Flight closed down. 1993: Erected at RAF Woodhall Spa adjacent to the guardroom by staff of the Propulsion Flight. Original Situation: Three-bladed propeller and centre hub mounted on plinth, with a plaque attached to the propellor hub and four squadron badges attached to the side of the plinth. Adjacent to memorial was a board which bore an inscription.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Thorpe Camp Preservation Group
- Reference
- Published:Midland Publishing Limited 1990 Leicester
- Other website www.thorpecamp.org.uk/
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