THE ROYAL AUR FORCE
NORTH COATES STRIKE WING

THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE MEN
AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AS PILOTS,
NAVIGATORS AND GROUND PERSONNEL,
WHICH FORMED THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
NORTH COATES STRIKE WING
DURING WORLD WAR II.

FROM 1942 TO 1945 COVERING THE
COASTAL REGIONS OF NORWAY, DENMARK<
GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM AND FRANCE
FROM BERGEN TO THE SKAGERRAK,
THE FRISIAN ISLANDS, THE NORTH SEA,
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND
THE BAY OF BISCAY TO BORDEAUX,

OPERATING WITH BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER
AIRCRAFT, ARMED WITH CANNON, BOMBS, TORPEDO AND ROCKETS INFLICTED
NEAVY LOSSES AND DAMAGE TO SHIPPING,
DENYING FREEDOM OF THE SEA FOR SUPPLY
PURPOSES, FOR THE NAZI GERMAN FORCES
AND WAR INDUSTRY,
OVER 150,000 TONS OF ENEMY SHIPPING
WAS DESTROYED.

THESE ATTACKES WERE MADE BY DAY &
NIGHT, FLYING AT VERY LOW ALTITUDE
IN COMBAT CONDITIONS OF VERY HEAVY
GERMAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
120 AIRCREW FAILED TO RETURN AND
241 AIRCREW FROM GREAT BRITAIN,
THE COMMONWEALTH AND OUR ALLIES
GAVE THEIR LIVES FLYING WITH
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
NORTH COATES STRIKE WING
(No's 143, 236 and 254 SQUADRONS).

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