Memorial on Silverstone Town Sign
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Norfolk12
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An unusual memorial carved into the base of the Sign at Silverstone.
with an inscription at the foot of the new sign.at the cross roads in Silverstone.
Waymark Code: WM9RER
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/24/2010
Views: 6
The Memorial is on the bottom half of a carved Sign to the Town of Silverstone.
This is situated at the cross roads in the village of Silverstone, In Northant's.
inscription:
REMEMBERING
17 OPERATIONAL
TRAINING UNIT
SILVERSTONE AIRFIELD
1943- 1946
17 OTU, Operational Training Unit, was responsible for training bomber crews and making raids into occupied Europe .
By June 1943 54 Wellington Bombers were stationed at Silverstone. Training was mainly for night bomber raids.
Within the first twelve months 36 crashes are recorded with the loss of 124 killed.
In subsequent years many more were lost during training and operations over Europe and today we honour former airmen of 17 OTU
The RAF base was closed in 1946 and sold by the MOD in 1947.
Without the wartime airfield we should never have had the racetrack.
Date of Dedication: 01/01/2008
Property Permission: Public
Access times: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
Location of waymark:
SilverstoneNorthant's United Kingdom
Commemoration: 17 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT
Access instructions: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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