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Memorial RAF Down Ampney

This memorial is located at the site of the former Down Ampney Airfield.

Text on the memorial:
From this airfield in 1944-5
Douglas Dakotas from 48 and
271 Squadrons RAF Transport
Command carried the 1st and 6th
Airborne Divisions, units of
the Air Despatch Regiment
and Horsa Gliders flown by
the Glider Pilots Regiment to
Normandy-Arnhem and on the
Crossing the Rhine Operations.
We Will Remember Them

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze

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