The RAF Coltishall Memorial Garden in Badersfield
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The RAF Coltishall Memorial Garden in Badersfield
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 27 Feb 2015
Badersfield is named after Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader who for some time was based here during WW2. The memorial, funded by the Ministry of Justice, was dedicated on 22 November 2010. The security fencing seen in the background surrounds HMP Bure, a category C men's prison. Six cherry trees, replacing the six original trees planted in front of the old Airmen's Mess which is now in the grounds of the prison, were planted in memory of the personnel of number 41 Squadron who perished during a coach accident in Germany in 1983. The four benches grouped in front of the memorial stone commemorate the last serving Jaguar Squadrons Nos 6, 16, 41 and 54.
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