RAF Bomber Command Memorial Beachy Head
Beachy Head Road
Eastbourne BN20 7YA
A proud memorial stood on Beachy Head for all those who lost there lives fighting under RAF Bomber Command.
This project, commissioned by a 90 year old man Joe Williams who is a very proud ex-bomber command rear gunner during World War II.
Joe’s vision was to have a memorial sited at the very spot where the last siting of UK land was seen when flying out to sea during the war, and for some, never returning, this being Beachy Head.
In order to achieve this, the memorial which was to be sited on protected land, which could not be walked on, meant the only way to get the monument to its chosen destination was by air, and the RAF Chinook crew took to assisting in the task.
The tourist information office and small museum of the history of the local area. In one corner there is a bit regarding WW2 with some photographs and a part of a wing spar from a Lancaster that crashed during the war.
Photos Les Spearman