Teesside Airport to hold Remembrance Day service for airmen

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 1 Nov, 18:20 · Archive

A Remembrance Day service at Teesside International Airport will honour RAF and Canadian airmen who served at the wartime airfield.

A Remembrance Day service will be held at Teesside International Airport on 11 November at 10.45am to honour those who served and lost their lives in conflict. The Middleton St George Memorial Association is organising the gathering at the airport's Memorial Garden, with members of the public invited to attend. Those wishing to lay a wreath or personal tribute are being asked to speak to a committee member before the service begins.

The location has particular significance as the modern-day airport occupies the site of the former RAF Middleton St George, a major wartime airfield. RAF 76 and 78 Squadrons were based there from January 1941, followed by three Royal Canadian Air Force units: 419 'Moose', 420 'Snowy Owl' and 428 'Ghost' Squadrons. The two RAF squadrons lost 311 personnel during their time at the airfield. After the war, the site remained in RAF use before becoming Teesside International Airport in 1964.

The memorial garden commemorates those who served with the RAF and Canadian squadrons. It includes a memorial stone to the Canadian squadrons and a bronze statue of Canadian airman Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski VC, who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in 1944. In October, a new memorial stone was unveiled to honour 76 and 78 Squadrons, 85 years after they arrived at Middleton St George.

How it is being reported

• Remembrance Day service to honour airmen at Teesside Airport memorial gardenRemembrance Day service at Teesside International Airport on November 11 will honour RAF and Canadian airmen who served and died at Middleton St George.Darlington & Stockton Times · 1 Nov, 17:30
• Remembrance Day service to honour airmen at Teesside Airport memorial gardenRemembrance Day service at Teesside International Airport on November 11 will honour RAF and Canadian airmen who served and died at Middleton St George.The Northern Echo · 1 Nov, 17:30

In this story: Teesside International Airport · RAF Middleton St George · Middleton St George Memorial Association · RAF 76 Squadron · RAF 78 Squadron · Royal Canadian Air Force · Andrew Mynarski · Middleton St George

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