RAF Watton station memorial

Introduction

The photograph on this page of RAF Watton station memorial by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.

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RAF Watton station memorial

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 6 Jul 2016

The memorial is an airscrew recovered from a Blenheim 3800 which was shot down over Aalborg, Denmark while flying a mission out of Watton on 13th August 1940. It was erected in memory of Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Air Forces who lost their lives while serving at RAF Watton and MoD Bodney

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Image Location

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52.570285
Longitude
0.855459