r.a.f casualties

izzy · 29-03-2008, 04:05 PM

can anyone tell me what % of casualty's on the runnymede air force memorial now have known graves and also airmen in unknown graves how many are there

Peter Clare · 29-03-2008, 05:06 PM

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.

29-03-2008, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
izzy Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 19	r.a.f casualties can anyone tell me what % of casualty's on the runnymede air force memorial now have known graves and also airmen in unknown graves how many are there

29-03-2008, 05:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Peter Clare Very Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Windsor UK Posts: 4,954	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. __________________ 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 05:41 PM.

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