 Memorial placed by the Trust at Montrose Airfield | |
| Abbreviation | ABCT[1] |
|---|---|
| Founded | 25 January 2006 |
| Founder | Kenneth Peacock Bannerman[1] |
| Type | Non-profit organisation |
| Registration no. | 1156877[2] |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Focus | Former airfields |
Area served | Great Britain |
| Services | Supply, installation and dedication of memorial stones |
| Website | www |
The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT),[1] founded 2006, is a non-profit organisation that works to preserve and protect airfields in Great Britain, as well as educating people about their history. The Trust is a registered charity.[2]
They place inscribed memorial stones on or near disused airfields, which have included a memorial at Fambridge, Essex in February 2009,[3] at Windermere in Cumbria in 2011[1] and at Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre in May 2012.[4] Other memorial locations include Harrowbeer, Hatfield, Lanark, Leavesden, Matlaske, Okehampton, Podington, Swannington, Westcott and Woburn Park.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Aviation history in Cumbria celebrated with monuments". BBC. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- 1 2 "1156877 – Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust". OpenCharities. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Alistair Smith; Jonathan Sutherland (2012). Royal Flying Corps. Casemate Publishers. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-84884-889-4.
- ↑ "RAF Montrose's role commemorated". Montrose Review. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
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