Welcome to Downham Market Airfield Cairn Memorial Website

The Downham Market Airfield Cairn memorial is a cherished tribute to the brave servicemen and women who served at RAF Downham Market, Norfolk, England, a pivotal Royal Air Force Bomber Station from July 1942 to September 1945.

"We Will Remember Them"

218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, November 1943, at RAF Downham Market (Wing Commander William Gordon Oldbury RAF -DFC)

623  Squadron at RAF Downham Market,  October 1943 with Squadron Commander (Wing Commander Geoffrey Trevor Wynne-Powell RAFVR - DFC)

214 (Federated Malay State) Squadron  1943, with  Squadron Commander Desmond John McGlinn RAFVR

Above Squadron Commander Wing Commander Alan George Seymour Cousens RAF, DSO, DFC, AFC, Czech MC with aircrews of No.635 Squadron PFF

635 Squadron  (Bomber Stores) Ground crews Summer 1944

Above Squadron Commander Wing Commander W.T. Brooks, RAF. DSO. seen with his Dog (Goldie), sits proudly with aircrews of No.635 Squadron PFF

Above Squadron Commander Wing Commander Sidney (Tubby) Baker, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar,  with aircrews and ground crews of No.635 Squadron PFF

Above Squadron Commander Wing Commander James William Fordham with aircrews  of No.635 Squadron P.F.F., May 1945

Above Squadron Commander Wing Commander James William Fordham with aircrews and ground crews of No.635 Squadron P.F.F., May 1945

571 Squadron (Wing Commander James Birkin DSO, DFC-AFC) (Formed at RAF Downham Market, April 1944)

608 (North Riding ) Squadron, May 1944, RAF Downham Market

608 (North Riding ) Squadron, (Wing Commander Walter, Winston Scott, DFC, RAAF) October 1944, RAF Downham Market

608 (North Riding ) Squadron, (Wing Commander Walter, Winston Scott, DFC, RAAF) September 1944, RAF Downham Market