British Plot - Arcadia, Florida - Photos Then and Now on Waymarking.com

Within the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Arcadia, Florida is a Commonwealth War Grave Site known as the British Plot. During World War II the British government sent Royal Air Force cadets to the United States to train as fighter pilots. Several airfields were located in the area. Two in Arcadia and one in Clewiston. Twenty-three RAF cadets died in this country while training. Per the policy of the British government any armed forces personnel that died during the war were buried where they died. This resulted in the purchase of the British Plot by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission and the burial of the cadets. Every year since 1957, the Arcadia Rotary Club holds a commemoration ceremony on Memorial Day. The "then" photo is estimated to have been taken prior to that date. The "now" photo was taken 9/19/2019. Then photo credit: British RAF plot - Arcadia, Florida. 19--. Black & white photograph, 5 x 7 in. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. , accessed 28 September 2019.

Year photo was taken: 1950

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