Memorials & monuments · London
Air Forces Memorial
Air Forces Memorial is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
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Air Forces Memorial is a public memorial or monument in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1953. Coordinates: 51.4374°, -0.5648°.
From the Wikipedia article
The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from air forces of the British Empire who were lost in air and other operations during World War II. Those recorded have no known grave anywhere in the world, and many were lost without trace. The name of each of these airmen and airwomen is engraved into the stone walls of the memorial, according to country and squadron.
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- Coordinates
- 51.4374, -0.5648
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Runnymede
- Parish
- Runnymede, unparished area
- Postcode
- TW20 0LF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Windsor
- Established
- 1953
Sources
- osm: w24179314 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Air Forces Memorial (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: AirForcesMemorial.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Air Forces Memorial?
- Air Forces Memorial is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4374°, -0.5648°.
- When was Air Forces Memorial built?
- Air Forces Memorial dates to 1953 — the Modern period.