Memorial

Flight Officer R E King

Memorial to Flight Office Raymond E. King, Tendering

Source: Copyright J. H. Challinor

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Current Location

At the Southern end of Albany Gardens, on the left as entering the park. This memorial is associated with the memorial at the Mortello Tower on Colne Road., Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, Tendring, Essex, CO15 6HN, England

OS Grid Reference

TM 18668 15296

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 22928
Description: Grey marble tablet mounted on stone block base. White lettering. Further plaque at front of base. At entrance to the park.
Inscription: Horizontal tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ FLIGHT OFFICER RAYMOND E. KING/ OF THE 436th FIGHTER SQUADRON,/ 479th GROUP U.S. 8th AIR FORCE/ WHOSE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE SEA/ NEAR THIS SPOT ON 13th JANUARY 1945/ AFTER DEVELOPING ENGINE TROUBLE./ F/O KING WAS RETURNING TO BASE/ AFTER A COMBAT MISSION AND NEVER/ SURVIVED HIS ORDEAL IN THE/ BITTERLY COLD SEA./ Vertical tablet: THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVIEILED (sic) BY THE/ PILOTS COUSIN MR ALVIN J STUART/ OF WILDWOOD, FLORIDA U.S.A./ 13th JANUARY 1995.

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, initial, surname, unit, service, place of death, date of death, manner of death, relationships
Order of names: Rank, forename, initial, surname, unit, service, place of death, date of death, manner of death, relationships

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

East Anglia at War, East Anglian Times local report. Clacton Public Library, reference and local history section. Author: ?ayes.