The Runnymede Memorial commemorates by name the 20.389 airmen and women who were lost in the WW II during operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North West Europe, and who have no known grave.Royal Air Force
15.309 Woman's Auxiliary Air Force 14 Royal Canadian Air Force 3.041 Royal Australian Air Force 1.393 Royal New Zealand Air Force 576 South African Air Force 17 Royal Indian Air Force 7 Air Training Corps 4 Air Transport Auxiliary 10 British Overseas Airways Corporation 9 Ferry Command 9
If memory serves me right, If the remains of an airman commemorated on the Memorial are found and identified , his name is then removed from the memorial.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
Last edited by Peter Clare; 29-03-2008 at 06:41 PM.
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