Memorial: M5988

Memorial window in St Mary’s Church, Dover, Kent dedicated to the allied Air Forces and Air Sea Rescue and Marine Craft sections of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War 1939 – 1945

Location

St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England

Transcript

'IN . MEMORY . OF . ALL / RANKS . OF . THE . ALLIED / AIR . FORCES . AND AIR - / SEA . RESCUE . & . MARINE / CRAFT . / SECTIONS . OF . / THE . ROYAL . AIR - FORCE / WHO . PERISHED . IN . THE / SEAS . THROUGHOUT . THE / WORLD . DURING . THE . / SECOND WORLD . WAR .'

Details

Description: Two light window. The Air Force badge in the roundel at the top, badge of Coastal Command Royal Air Force, lower right. Star above the central circular scene showing a survivor in a life belt in the sea of the white cliffs. A small boat is coming to the rescue, an aircraft above, and the remains of a crashed plane in the sea to the right.
Type: Window
Position: Nave
Materials: Glass, lead

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters