Memorial

RAF Bradwell Bay

Inscription panel and additional names

Source: Peter Alhadeff

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Current Location

Site of former airfield during WW2., Bradwell Bay, Maldon, Essex, CM0 7QS, England

TM 00253 07599

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Type of Memorial: Other memorial
WMR Reference Number: 22373
Description: REPRESENTATION OF A CRASHED AIRCRAFT WITH ITS NOSE BURIED IN THE GROUND AND ITS TAIL IN THE AIR TO RESEMBLE A CROSS. SET ON ELEVATED STONE PLATFORM, FLANKED BY TWO ANGLED PANELS BEARING NAMES. INSCRIPTION PANEL IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. GLAZED MAP OF THE AIRFIELD AT THE REAR
Inscription: R.A.F/ BRADWELL BAY/ 1942 - 1945/ THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN/ ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ THE 121 MEMBERS OF THE/ ALLIED AIR FORCES WHO IN/ ANSWER TO THE CALL OF DUTY/ LEFT THIS AIRFIELD TO FLY/ INTO THE BLUE FOREVER/ (NAMES ON SEPARATE PANELS)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 139
Died: 139
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, service, rank, decorations
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: Memorial states 121 members of allied air forces but 139 names are quoted on the stones

Maker(s): Sidney Smith, George Prior and Peter Rushton, Makers
Maintenance History: The original memorial was designed as a pure blue/grey shape blending into the sky, not to be identified as a particular plane or obvious standout shape, but to represent all planes and crew lost of all nationalities from the sky.

Plaques / Panels with names

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

Memorial

Made from: Concrete

Condition: Good