Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Selby
- Town
- Elvington
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70593
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Current location
In the Memorial Rose Garden
on the back wall.
Yorkshire Air Museum
Halifax Way
Elvington
Selby
North Yorkshire
YO41 4AU
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 68046 48297
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square black plaque with gold lettering. Air Transport Auxiliary insignia and motto at base.
- Inscription
- IN RECOGNITION OF THE MEN & WOMEN OF THE/ AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY/ AND THE 173 WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1940-1945/ A CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT FERRYING ORGANISATION/ WHICH UNDERTOOK A MAJOR SUPPORT ROLE TO/ THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND FLEET AIR ARM/ A.T.A. FLEW OVER 150 DIFFERENT TYPES IN WARTIME SKIES/ MOVING 309,011 MACHINES THROUGHOUT THE U.K. AND/ EUROPE WITH NO NAVIGATIONAL AIDS OTHER THAN/ A MAP AND COMPASS./ AN EXTRAORDINARY FEAT, NEVER TO BE REPEATED,/ WHICH DESERVES TO HAVE ITS PLACE IN HISTORY./ (A.T.A pilot wings badge)/ AETHERIS AVIDI
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c900mm, width c900mm
Materials: Marble - Black
- 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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