
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Cherwell
- Town
- Upper Heyford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82991
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Church Walk
Upper Heyford
Cherwell
Oxfordshire
OX25 5LG
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 49532 25912
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Metal Plaque with etched inscription. RAF Crest top left. RAF Upper Heyford Station Crest top right. Mosquito bottom left. Two Hampden aircraft bottom right
- Inscription
- NO 16 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT/RAF UPPER HEYFORD/1940-46/DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY/OF THE/BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH/PILOTS AND AIRCREW/OF/NO. 16 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT/BOMBER COMMAND/WHO PERISHED/WHILST FLYING FROM RAF UPPER HEYFORD/AND IT'S SATELLITE AIRFIELDS/OF/CROUGHTON AND BARFORD ST. JOHN/"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
- 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
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- 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
- 16 Operational Training Unit, Upper Heyford
- WMO ID: 271254
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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