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Bottesford, Leicestershire

Bottesford / Normanton
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10 September 1941
4 March 1960
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13 April 2023
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AIRFIELD SITE : Replica Art Deco Control Tower

Built in 2005 this Replica Art Deco Control Tower is a copy of one in Australia as a Memorial to the Australians who served at RAF Bottesford.

BUILDING 50 : Control Tower


BUILDING 51 : Night Flying Equipment Store


BUILDING 58 : Maintenance Unit


BUILDING 59 : Maintenance Unit


BUILDING 79 : Mechanical Transport Sheds & Yard


BUILDING 97 : Hangar / B1 Type Aircraft Shed


COMMUNAL SITE : Airmens Showers & Ablutions


COMMUNAL SITE : Blast Shelter

LOCATED AT : ​52.974089, -0.762903
EDOFBID : ​e27308

COMMUNAL SITE : Blast Shelter

LOCATED AT : ​52.974188, -0.763195
EDOFBID : ​e27307

COMMUNAL SITE : Dining Room


COMMUNAL SITE : Gymnasium


COMMUNAL SITE : Ration Store


COMMUNAL SITE : Standby Set House


MEMORIAL SITE : Church of St Mary The Virgin

Buried in this Churchyard are:
Cadet George Allcroft (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Harold Curson (Royal Air Force)
Flight Sergeant William Dundas Fordwych (Royal Air Force)
Flight Lieutenant Raymund Joseph Hannan (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Brian Leonard McKenzie Jenkin (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Flight Sergeant Kennerleigh Barnett Lee (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant John Charles Murphy (Royal Australian Air Force)
Flight Lieutenant Robert King Porter (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Albert Roberts (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
​Sergeant Peter John Thompson (Royal Air Force)

MEMORIAL SITE : Eucalyptus Gunnii Tree Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : Normanton by Bottesford Village Sign


MEMORIAL SITE : RAF Bottesford Memorial Plaque


MISCELLANEOUS : Avro Lancaster Land Art


MISCELLANEOUS : Bottesford Village History Board


MISCELLANEOUS : RAF Bottesford Site Plan

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