Croydon Aerodrome WW2 Memorial

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Reference WMO/194597

Address:

Roundshaw Open Space

Purley Way

Croydon

CR0 4RS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Bronze eagle resting on an obelisk and a base of three square steps surrounded by a paved terrace. Inscription in white lettering Crests of different squadrons:- East side: Fighter Command South side: 501 Squadron; 605 Squadron; 607 Squadron, all Auxiliary Air Force West side: 145 Squadron, RAF; 401 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force North side: 72 Squadron, RAF; 85 Squadron, RAF; CXI Fighter Squadron, RAF.
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IN GOD WE TRUST THIS MEMORIAL IS IN TRIBUTE TO ALL CONNECTED WITH CROYDON AND ITS AERODROME WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES EITHER IN THE AIR OR ON THE GROUND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 THEY GAVE US OUR FREEDOM THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFEAT NEVER EXISTED AMBULANCE-FIRE-POLICE-ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS-HOME GUARD-N.A.A.F.I.-SALVATION ARMY ALL CIVIL DEFENCE UNITS-TELEPHONE SERVICES-TRANSPORT-DOCTORS AND NURSING STAFF-POST AND ALL THOSE WHO SUFFERED

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