About the Bomber Command
Memorial Register

The Bomber Command Memorial Register is a digital archive dedicated to recording and honouring the memorials, crash sites, and aircrew of RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War, 1939–1945.

Bomber Command suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any branch of service during the war. Of the 125,000 aircrew who served, 55,573 were killed — a loss rate of 44.4%. Many were very young men, drawn from across the Commonwealth and Allied nations, who gave their lives in the skies over occupied Europe.

Across the United Kingdom and beyond, communities have erected memorials to remember the crews who fell near their homes. Some are grand stone monuments; others are simple plaques on a village wall. Each one tells a story of courage, sacrifice, and remembrance.

Our Mission

This register aims to document every known memorial to Bomber Command aircrew, wherever they may be found. For each memorial we record its location, the crew it commemorates, the aircraft involved, and the circumstances of the loss. We believe that every crew member deserves to be remembered by name.

The register currently contains 209 memorials across 11 countries. Many entries are partial — we know a memorial exists, but the full story remains to be told. We welcome contributions from researchers, local historians, families, and anyone with information to share.

Contributors

This project was founded by Keith Binley, who has spent years researching and photographing Bomber Command memorials across the United Kingdom. The international data has been contributed by Charlie Leitheiser, who has documented memorials across Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific.

We are grateful to the many local historians, parish councils, aviation archaeologists, and families who have shared their knowledge and photographs.

How to Contribute

If you know of a memorial not listed here, or can add photographs, crew details, narratives, or corrections to an existing entry, we would be delighted to hear from you. Many entries in the register are marked as “Stub” or “Partial” — meaning we know the memorial exists but lack the full details.

Please email us at admin@bombermemorial.co.uk with any information you can share. Every memorial page also has a “Suggest a correction” link at the bottom — we actively welcome corrections from local communities who know these sites best.

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”

— Laurence Binyon, “For the Fallen” (1914)