Obelisk - No 11 Fighter Group at Battle of Britain Bunker (former RAF Uxbridge)

Obelisk - No 11 Fighter Group at Battle of Britain Bunker (former RAF Uxbridge)
  • Hillingdon reference: HWM078
  • Imperial war museum number: 47546
  • War commemorated: WW2
  • Ward: Uxbridge
  • Description: Carved and rough-hewn stone (granite) obelisk bearing inscription:

NO11 FIGHTER GROUP/ROYAL AIR FORCE/OPERATIONS ROOM/1939-1946/BENEATH THI STSONE IS THE SITE/OF THE UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS ROOM/FROM WHICH THE GREATER PART OF THE HURRICANE & SPITFIRE/SQUADRONS WERE CONTROLLED/DURING THE/BATTLE OF BRITAIN./DURING THIS EPIC BATTLE THESE /SQUADRONS SHOT DOWN OVER 1300 OF/THE 1753 ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED./THIS GREAT ACHEIVEMENT CONTRIBUTED/LARGELY TO OUR ULTIMATE SUCCESS AND/SURVIVAL AND INSPIRED/SIR WINSTON CHURHCILL'S /NOW FAMOUS WORDS/"NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT/WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" 

  • Level of protection: Local list
  • Condition: Good
  • Maintenance ownership: Hillingdon Council
  • Architect/designer: Unknown
  • Date first unveiled: Unknown
  • Information provided by: Hillingdon Council, UKNIWM
  • Date of photograph: 2010
  • Access: No appointment needed; however, the site is subject to museum opening times - visit battleofbritainbunker.co.uk for details
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Battle of Britain Bunker

Wren Avenue

Uxbridge

UB10 0BE

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