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War memorials in Barrack Square, Martlesham Heath
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 27 Jul 2019
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Monument to RAF Martlesham Heath
Off Barrack Square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/M/Martlesham.htm
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 20 May 2011
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Monument to RAF Martlesham Heath
Off Barrack Square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/M/Martlesham.htm
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 20 May 2011
0.03 miles
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Monument to RAF Martlesham Heath
Off Barrack Square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/M/Martlesham.htm
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 20 May 2011
0.03 miles
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Monument to RAF Martlesham Heath
Off Barrack Square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/M/Martlesham.htm
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 20 May 2011
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Cut Mark Martlesham No. 52 Barrack Square
Cut Mark Martlesham No. 52 Barrack Square, SE angle.
Image: © Cud05
Taken: 5 Sep 2016
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RAF Martlesham Memorials
Each of the three memorials respect a different aspect of RAF Martlesham.
The Memorial on the left http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5049313 is in Remembrance of the men of the USAAF 356th Fighter Group who lost their lives in the course of their duty.
The smaller central memorial http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5049318 is to RAF Station Martlesham itself and the contribution it made to the advancement of flight safety in both Military and Civil Aviation. From 1917 when it was the Aircraft Experimental Station of the Royal Flying Corps and continued in service until 1963. Between 1924 and 1939 it expanded its role and was renamed Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment. At the outbreak of World war Two it became a Fighter base for the RAF and USAAF. Post war it resumed its experimental and research which included the Blind Landing Experimental Unit and the Bomb Ballistics Unit.
The Memorial on the right http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5049332 is in memory of all those who gave their lives in War and Peace while serving at RAF Martlesham Heath. Including members of the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Dominions and Exiled Air Forces and the British Aircraft Industry.
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 25 Jul 2016
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Memorial to USAAF personnel, RAF Martlesham Heath
The left memorial in this group of three http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5049301
Erected in Remembrance of the men of the USAAF 356th Fighter Group who lost their lives in the course of their duty.
Names should be readable in largest image.
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 25 Jul 2016
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The central of three RAF Martlesham Heath Memorials
This memorial is one of three http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5049301 and is to RAF Station Martlesham itself and the contribution it made to the advancement of flight safety in both Military and Civil Aviation. From 1917 when it was the Aircraft Experimental Station of the Royal Flying Corps until 1963. Between 1924 and 1939 it expanded its role and was renamed Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment. At the outbreak of World War Two it became a Fighter base for the RAF and USAAF. Post war it resumed its experimental and research which included the Blind Landing Experimental Unit and the Bomb Ballistics Unit until its closure in 1963.
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 25 Jul 2016
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Memorial to the role of RAF Martlesham Heath 1919-1963
This Memorial is the one on the right of this group http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5049301 it is in memory of all those who gave their lives in War and Peace while serving at RAF Martlesham Heath. Including members of the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Dominions and Exiled Air Forces and the British Aircraft Industry.
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 25 Jul 2016
0.04 miles