- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 14876
- Description
- Two-stepped square base platform surmounted by two tapering square sectioned plinths with iconic fighter wing shapes of the RAF and USAAF; the P51 Mustang and the Supermarine Spitfire. These are joined together by a polished black stone tablet with incised inscription picked out in gold paint. Carved Squadron badges and insignia are on the front faces of both wings and pillars: The left hand Mustang wing and pillar - Roundel of the USAAF, USAAF 8th Air Force Badge, US Army Air Corps badge and the 20th Fighter group badge. The right hand Spitfire wing and pillar - Roundel of the RAF and the Royal Air Force crest.
The wing pillars are supported by two square stone plinths, these have carved Squadron badges and insignia on all 4 faces: Left hand plinth - the 55th Fighter Squadron Badge, 77th Fighter Squadron Badge, 79th Fighter Squadron Badge and the 97th Service Group Badge.
Right hand plinth - 616 Squadron RAF Badge, 485 Squadron RNZAF Badge, 349 Squadron Belgian Air Force Badge and 266 Rhodesia Squadron RAF Badge. Two smaller tablets are inlaid into the concrete surround at the rear of the memorial, these describe the dedication ceremony and creators of the memorials.
The whole memorial is surrounded by paving stones and enclosed on three sides with a wooden fence, two low walls form an entrance from the roadside lay-by.
- Inscription
- Main tablet : KINGS CLIFFE AIRFIELD/ STATION 367/ TO COMMEMORATE THE/ ETERNAL MEMORY OF THOSE/ AMERICAN, BRITISH, BELGIAN/ AND COMMONWEALTH AIRMEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ 1939 - 1945/ LEST WE FORGET/
Left Dedication tablet: ERECTED BY THE KINGS CLIFFE/ AIRFIELD MEMORIAL TRUST/ (Names)/
Right Dedication tablet: THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY/ H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER/ IN THE PRESENCE OF MANY/ DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ON THE/ 25. AUGUST 1983