Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chiltern
- Town
- Bellingdon
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 13 May 2012
Attended by: Rev. Squadron Leader Alasdair Nicholl of RAF Benson. Local dignitaries, RAF and RAAF personnel and relatives.
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63847
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Current location
Lancaster Bomber PB475 Crash site
Bloomfield Farm
Bellingdon
Chiltern
Buckinghamshire
HP5 2UT
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 93606 05127
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Small blue circular plaque with central illustration of a Lancaster in flight, set into a large stone. White coloured inscription, names, drawing and border edgings.
- Inscription
- Six young airmen / died at this spot on / 6 March 1945. / Participants in, and victims of the / human preoccupation with war. / Great lives cut short / Royal Air Force / (3 Names) / Royal Australian Air Force / (3 Names) / We remember them.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barnett, Ross
Denbigh, Arnold
Gould, John
Hemsworth, Ellis
Ralph, Gerald
Torr, Glen
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Regiment, surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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 - Reference
- Local Publication/Booklet 'Mainpoint' (RAF Halton) Winter 2012 p.9 Illustrations of plaque and dedication ceremony.
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