North Weald Airfield Museum is a registered charity, No 1081157. Run and staffed by volunteers.
Royal Air Force
North Weald
1916-1964
Debt of Honour
For your tomorrow we gave our today
The Personnel
Aircrews
from
at
least
seven
nations
have
been
stationed
at
North
Weald
and,
at
one
time
or
another,
the
local
hostelries
have
echoed
to
the
accents
of
Americans,
Canadians,
New
Zealanders,
Czechs,
Norwegians
and
Poles.
Altogether,
267
men,
women
and
civilians
lost
their
lives
while
serving
at
the
Station
in
peace
and
war
and
in
the
Debt
of
Honour
no
distinction
has
been
drawn
between
death
in
the
face
of
the
enemy
or in an accident on or around the airfield. All served . . . and all paid the supreme sacrifice.
In
June
1952,
HRH
The
Crown
Princess
of
Norway,
Princess
Astrid,
unveiled
a
granite
obelisk
beside
the
main
gate,
on
behalf
of
the
two
Norwegian
squadrons
which
were
based
at
the
airfield
during
the
Second
World
War,
dedicated
‘in
gratitude
to
the
Royal
Air
Force,
to
the
RAF
Station North Weald, and to the people of the district’.
However, there has been no memorial specifically commemorating the service of the hundreds of aircrew and thousands of airmen and women
who served at North Weald of whom so many lost their lives in the Allied cause.
Over
the
years,
several
proposals
were
put
forward
to
rectify
the
omission
but
not
until
February
2000
was
the
present
memorial
conceived.
It
has
been
specifically
designed
to
be
complementary
—
and
to
enhance
—
the
original
from
Norway.
The
North
Weald
Airfield
Memorial
was
dedicated
on
Sunday,
September
3,
2000
—
the
60th
anniversary
of
the
heaviest
raid
on
the
airfield.
The
memorial
incorporates
a
bronze
cabinet
housing
the
Debt
of
Honour
and
visitors
are
encouraged
to
take
a
copy
as
a
reminder
of
the
debt
we
owe
to
those
who
entered
the
main gate . . . never to return.
Click on the links below for
relevant information to the
corresponding years
●
The First World War
●
The Inter-War Years
The Second World War:
●
1939
●
1940
●
1941
●
1942
●
1943
●
1944
●
1945
●
Post War Years
Princess Astrid of Norway
unveiling the memorial stone
outside Ad Astra House in 1952.
Also present with Princess Astrid of Norway is Wing
Commander A. C. Deere, Station Commander of RAF North
Weald at that time.(1952)
2024
North Weald Airfield Museum is a registered charity, No 1081157.
Run and staffed by volunteers.
Royal Air Force
North Weald
1916-1964
Debt of Honour
For your tomorrow we gave our today
The Personnel
Aircrews
from
at
least
seven
nations
have
been
stationed
at
North
Weald
and,
at
one
time
or
another,
the
local
hostelries
have
echoed
to
the
accents
of
Americans,
Canadians,
New
Zealanders,
Czechs,
Norwegians
and
Poles.
Altogether,
267
men,
women
and
civilians
lost
their
lives
while
serving
at
the
Station
in
peace
and
war
and
in
the
Debt
of
Honour
no
distinction
has
been
drawn
between
death
in
the
face
of
the
enemy
or
in
an
accident
on
or
around
the
airfield.
All
served
.
.
.
and
all
paid
the
supreme
sacrifice.
In
June
1952,
HRH
The
Crown
Princess
of
Norway,
Princess
Astrid,
unveiled
a
granite
obelisk
beside
the
main
gate,
on
behalf
of
the
two
Norwegian
squadrons
which
were
based
at
the
airfield
during
the
Second
World
War,
dedicated
‘in
gratitude
to
the
Royal
Air
Force,
to
the
RAF
Station
North
Weald, and to the people of the district’.
However, there has been no memorial specifically
commemorating the service of the hundreds of aircrew and
thousands of airmen and women who served at North
Weald of whom so many lost their lives in the Allied cause.
Over
the
years,
several
proposals
were
put
forward
to
rectify
the
omission
but
not
until
February
2000
was
the
present
memorial
conceived.
It
has
been
specifically
designed
to
be
complementary
—
and
to
enhance
—
the
original
from
Norway.
The
North
Weald
Airfield
Memorial
was
dedicated
on
Sunday,
September
3,
2000
—
the
60th
anniversary
of
the
heaviest
raid
on
the
airfield.
The
memorial
incorporates
a
bronze
cabinet
housing
the
Debt
of
Honour
and
visitors
are
encouraged
to
take
a
copy
as
a
reminder
of
the
debt
we
owe to those who entered the main gate . . . never to return.
