Memorial

Units Who Served At RAF Castle Camps

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Source: Copyright Paul Cooper

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Current Location

At what was the Northgate entrance to former RAF station, Previous RAF Station at Castle Camps, Minor Road To Helions Bumpstead, Castle Camps, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4SU, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 63727 42942

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Wall
WMR Reference Number: 3571
Description: Inscribed plaque mounted in free standing thick wall with top corners cut at 45 degree angle under a wooden shelter. Main plaque with a brass on the top, with two brass plaques mounted on wall at either side of the inscription plaque. Also a top brass plaque.
Inscription: Top Brass Plaque: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ADOPTED BY/ 2523 (LINTON SQUADRON)/ AIR TRAINING CORPS/ ON 16TH SEPTEMBER 2001. Central plaque: ROYAL AIR FORCE CASTLE CAMPS/ DEDICATED TO ALL UNITS WHO SERVED AT THIS AIRFIELD/ 1940-1946/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY AIR VICE MARSHAL N.E. HOAD CVO OBE AFC/ 11TH SEPTEMBER 1994/ "LEST WE FORGET" Right plaque: THE FOLLOWING SQUADRONS ARE/ KNOWN TO HAVE FLOWN FROM/ THIS AIRFIELD/ 85 111 73/ 157 605 527/ 410 91 486/ 68 151 25/ 307 Left plaque: R.A.F. CASTLE CAMPS/ (Plan of the runaways on the airfield and the boundaries)

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

Conservation

Custodian: Royal Air Force Castle Camps Memorial Trust

Components

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Wall

Height: 2000mm

Width: 1500mm

Depth: 440mm

Made from: Brick

Condition: Unknown

Further Information

Source: Image Library UKNIWM Published:COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS NEWBURY