A couple of memorials to keep an eye out for here in Jersey :- Great Escape memorial in the Parish of Trinity and 263 Sqn memorial at Noirmont point.
Great photos, thanks for posting them. I have a few details regarding the losses inscribed on the monument...... 18 November 1942 131 Squadron Spitfire Vb P/O. B W M. Scheidhauer pow Rhubarb to Ouistreham pm. Shot down by flak. Shot by Gestapo after the Great Escape, March 1944 7 December 1942 263 Squadron Whirlwind I P7105 S/L. R S. Woodward DFC + CWGC :: Casualty Details Roadstead SW of Jersey pm. Shot down by flak and seen to ditch. Whirlwind I P6987 W/O. D B. MacPhail RCAF + Cannot find CWGC entry for the above Roadstead pm. Shot down by flak ship. FCL Vol.2 - Franks Rhubarb - The purpose of a "Rhubarb" was to hit the enemy on the ground where it would inconvenience him the most. Hurricanes and Spitfires in pairs or larger formations struck into Nazi-occupied France and Belgium attacking railroads, munitions factories, airfields, electric lines and gun posts. Roadstead - Low level attack on coastal shipping.
WO McPhail (not MacPhail) is listing on the CWGC website CWGC - Casualty Details and is commemorated on the Runneymede memorial as he has no known grave.
