Memorial

RAF Chailey

Entire memorial

Source: Copyright Simon Carey

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Current Location

The Plough Public House, South Road (B2112), Plumpton, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3DF, England

TQ 36522 18175

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 56434
Description: Triangular concrete obelisk with polished aluminium and brass plaques. Polish Imperial Eagle at top of the front face. 302, 308 and 317 Squadron badges beneath Polish Air Force insignia on other two faces. RAF insignia precedes inscription on rear face. Stylised bird or plaque surrounded the memorial.
Inscription: Front face: Royal Air Force/ CHAILEY/ Advanced Landing Ground/ 1943-1945/ 84 Group 2nd Tactical Air Force/ No. 18 POLISH SECTOR HQ/ No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing/ 302 CITY OF POZNAN Squadron/ 308 CITY of KRAKOW Squadron/ 317 CITY of WILNO Squadron/ In Memory of/ Fl.Lt. Jan Kurowski 308 Squadron/ k.i.a. 21st May 1944/ Fl. Officer Mieczystaw Adamek 317 Squadron/ k.i.a. 18th May 1944/ THESE WERE THE ONLY AIRCREW LOST FROM R.A.F. CHAILEY/ Rest in Peace/ A Nation will always live, if there are people - ready to die-/ Josef Chielnicki RAF (Poland) Rear face: IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF 2719, 2880, AND 2882 SQUADRONS/ WHO WERE STATIONED AT R.A.F. CHAILEY, ALSO THOSE WHO/ PASSED THROUGH ON THEIR WAY TO OPERATION OVERLORD 1944.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Service, rank, forename, surname, squadron, manner of death, date of death.

Obelisk

Height: 5486mm

Width: 1727mm

Depth: 1727mm

Made from: Concrete

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Brass, Aluminium

Condition: Good

Best of British Magazine 34-35/March 2014 Published:Church Lane Publishing Lincolnshire "Chailey Airfield" article by Jennifer Pulling on the restoration of this WW2 flying base.
Flypast 92/Sept 2000 Article by Robert Rudhall "We Shall Remember Them" - a round-up of Aviation memorials (Paragraph 2 "Chailey's Fly-In")