Memorial Details
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Memorial
Bible Atkinson 1943 All Saints
Reference
W114.07
Place
WHEATLEY HILL
Map ref
NZ 380392
Original Location
All Saints' Church
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated 30th April 1952
Memorial Description
Lectern Bible
Inscription
(Dedicated to Flt.Sgt. George A. Atkinson, R.A.F. who was killed in 1943)
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. Atkinson.
Notes
1. Flt.Sgt. Atkinson was flying with 214 Squadron in a Stirling Bomber EF445 in an operation on Berlin. The plane took off from Chedburgh and was hit by flak near Hanover. They encountered severe icing and the plane was further damaged by engagement with a Focke-Wulf. They plane was finally ditched in the North Sea. Flt.Sgt. Atkinson and one other crewman died and are commemorated at Runnymede. The rest survived.
Ft. Sgt. Atkinson is remembered at Wheatley Hill on W114.01, W114.05, W114.06 and W114.09 and at Wingate on W121.06
Ft. Sgt. Atkinson is remembered at Wheatley Hill on W114.01, W114.05, W114.06 and W114.09 and at Wingate on W121.06
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War. Vol. 4 1943. W.R. Chorley. Midland Publications ISBN 0 904597 90 3
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2008
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2008
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Research acknowledgements
Wheatley Hill History Club; Janet Brown
Research In Progress
Wheatley Hill History Club have researched the name on this memorial. See book details above.
Bible Atkinson 1943 All Saints (W114.07)
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