Memorial

Upottery - Sentry Box

Original brick sentry box from the entrance to RAF Upottery, with memorial crosses inside and on grass roadside verge adjacent to road sign - countryside view in background

Source: Upottery Airfield Heritage Trust

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Current Location

Moonhayes crossroads., Upottery, East Devon, Devon, EX14 9RA, England

OS Grid Reference

ST 20257 09855

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Other structure
WMR Reference Number: 70615
Description: Original sentry box from the entrance to RAF Upottery, now with memorial crosses inside and a large descriptive plaque on one side.
Inscription: Just after midnight on the 5th June 1944 : 81 C-47 unarmed transport aircraft departed from this airfield carrying 1357 Paratroops who were to be dropped behind enemy lines near the coast of France on D-Day At dawn on the morning of 7th June 1944 : 50 C-47 aircraft towing 30 Horsa gliders and 20 Waco glider departed for France carrying 968 Glider Infantry troops in the second airborne wave of the Invasion. Here in honoured memory are those killed in transit on those two missions. LEST WE FORGET"

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

Conservation

Components

Building

Made from: Brick

Condition: Good