RAF 550 Squadron Memorials

Memorial Window

RAF 550 Squadron Memorial Window in St Denys' Church, North Killingholme. A description of the Memorial Window is available here.

The photographs above were kindly made available by Richard E Flagg (Copyright 1990 - 2011). See http://www.ukairfields.org.uk/.

Memorial Stone, North Killingholme

RAF 550 Squadron Memorial Stone in North Killingholme. Unveiled in 1982.

RAF 550 Squadron Memorial Stone, Lancaster Approach, North Killingholme

Westerlo, Belgium

F/Sgt G.W. Hinde and the crew of DV309 lost their lives when their plane was shot down on the outskirts of Westerlo, Belgium.

Westerlo, Belgium. Photograph taken at the May 2010 commemoration service

Westerbeek, The Netherlands

F/O R.G.Nye and the crew of PD221 lost their lives on 3/4 February 1945 and are buried in Westerbeek.

Westerbeek, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands [Picture from: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerbeek_(dorp)]

Fleville, France

23/05/2011

Two members of the the crew of RA502 lost their lives on 1 February 1945 while returning from a raid on Ludwigshaven. Both are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, but there is a memorial to the crew in Fleville, France.

Fleville, France Now including the story of the discovery of the wreck of RA502 and the painstaking investigation that followed which culminated in the erection of a memorial in honour of the aircrew lost.

Rebecq Memorial Project, Belgium

20/06/2011

P/O E.C. Purney and the crew of JA712 were shot down by a German night-fighter during the night of 27/28 May 1944 when they were coming back from a bombing mission over Aachen. The aircraft crashed at Rebecq-Rognon (Brabant), 25 km SW of Brussels.

Rebecq Memorial Project Unveiled 7 May 2011

Berinzenne Memorial, Belgium

07/08/2011

F/O Milburn and the crew of ME581 who lost their lives during the night of 22/23 April 1944 when their plane was shot down by a night-fighter while returning from a bombing mission over Duesseldorf, crashing 10 km S of Verviers in Belgium.

ME581 Memorial in the Fagnes (fens) of Berinzenne

Runnymede Memorial

The RAF Memorial at Runnymede commemorates all of the RAF servicemen lost in World War II who have no known resting place, and there are many 550 Squadron airmen remembered on the walls there.

RAF Memorial, Runnymede

Brookwood Military Cemetery

Two 550 Squadron crewmen, both RCAF, are buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery.

Brookwood Military Cemetery Royal Air Force Shelter

Other Memorials

Listed below are links to a number of memorials, some 550 Squadron specific, some specific to Lincolnshire and others Bomber Command in general.

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