Clacton, Essex
Clacton
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AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of Clacton Airfield
MEMORIAL SITE : Flt Off Raymond E King Memorial
Albany Gardens, Clacton.
Dedicated on 13 January 1995.
Dedicated on 13 January 1995.
MEMORIAL SITE : Heinkel Bomber Crash Memorial
NEAR THIS SPOT ON TUESDAY 30TH APRIL 1940
A HEINKELL BOMBER CRASHED KILLING THE GERMAN CREW
AND MR & MRS GILL OF VICTORIA ROAD, WHO WERE
THE FIRST CIVILLIAN CASUALTIES OF WWII
ON THE BRITISH MAINLAND
A HEINKELL BOMBER CRASHED KILLING THE GERMAN CREW
AND MR & MRS GILL OF VICTORIA ROAD, WHO WERE
THE FIRST CIVILLIAN CASUALTIES OF WWII
ON THE BRITISH MAINLAND
MEMORIAL SITE : Sir Winston Churchill Memorial
Marine Parade West, Clacton
MEMORIAL SITE : Victoria Road Memorial Bench
HISTORIC RECORD
The was a memorial plaque on this bench which was missing on my visit. It read:
NEAR THIS SPOT ON TUESDAY 30TH APRIL 1940
A HEINKELL BOMBER CRASHED KILLING THE GERMAN CREW
AND MR & MRS GILL OF VICTORIA ROAD, WHO WERE
THE FIRST CIVILLIAN CASUALTIES OF WWII
ON THE BRITISH MAINLAND
NEAR THIS SPOT ON TUESDAY 30TH APRIL 1940
A HEINKELL BOMBER CRASHED KILLING THE GERMAN CREW
AND MR & MRS GILL OF VICTORIA ROAD, WHO WERE
THE FIRST CIVILLIAN CASUALTIES OF WWII
ON THE BRITISH MAINLAND
