Bomber Command Memorial Register

Bomber Command
Memorial Register

The stories behind the memorials that communities built to remember the crews who fell near their homes.

Other registers record the losses. We record the people who chose to remember — the parishes, the families, and the villages where the connection endures, passed from one generation to the next.

504
Memorials
9
Countries
1,873
Crew Recorded

Browse by Region

Explore memorials across 9 countries.

United Kingdom (460)Netherlands (13)Belgium (9)France (8)Germany (6)Denmark (4)Norway (2)Australia (1)Luxembourg (1)Canada (0)New Zealand (0)

Featured Memorials

Some of the most detailed records in the register — showcasing crew stories, photographs, and community contributions.

Farnsfield Halifax MZ519 Memorial

Comprehensive5 external sources
Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire1944-07-06
Handley Page Halifax Mk.III MZ519 • 578 Squadron

The only operational combat loss in the Farnsfield area. P/O Parfitt's crew had bombed V-1 launch sites that afternoon. Crossing back over Dieppe, heavy anti-aircraft fire struck the Halifax. One engi...

7 crew recordedRead the full story →

Elsham Wolds — Black Swan Memorial (Halifax JD386)

Comprehensive2 external sources
Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire1944-02-29
Halifax JD386 • 1666 HCU

Flying from their station at Elsham Wolds, the crew of Halifax JD386 were undertaking a training sortie with 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit when the aircraft crashed on 29 February 1944. Pilot Officer Joh...

7 crew recordedRead the full story →

Cloot Drove Lancaster Mid-Air Collision Memorial

Comprehensive4 external sources
Cloot Drove, Deeping Fen, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire1944-06-23
Lancaster III ME625 and ND981 • 97 Squadron

Six Lancasters of 97 Squadron took off from RAF Coningsby on the afternoon of 23 June 1944 for formation flying practice. Fl/Lt Van Raalte's Lancaster ME625 (OF-O) became trapped in the slipstream of ...

14 crew recordedRead the full story →

Kirkley (Lowestoft) Halifax Memorial

Comprehensive4 external sources
Kirkley (Lowestoft), Suffolk, Suffolk1944-04-27
Halifax LL356 • 138 (SD) Squadron

On the night of 27/28 April 1944, Halifax LL356 departed the secret airfield at RAF Tempsford on its 13th operation, carrying supplies destined for Belgian resistance fighters in German-occupied Europ...

8 crew recordedRead the full story →