Airfields_of_Britain_Conservation_Trust

Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust

Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust

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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]

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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.

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  1. [1]
    "Aviation history in Cumbria celebrated with monuments". BBC. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  2. [2]
    "1156877 – Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust". OpenCharities. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    Alistair Smith; Jonathan Sutherland (2012). Royal Flying Corps. Casemate Publishers. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-84884-889-4.
  4. [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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