Comments on: East Moor airfield memorial

By: David Hale

David Hale — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:44:25 +0000

Ian, Thank you very much and yes the information will be of great assistance.

By: Ian Bradshaw

Ian Bradshaw — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:38:54 +0000

With regards to the Airfield, there are numerous buildings that still exist.
http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/atlantikwall/ey_east_moor.php
This website has not only photos of the buildings, of which many are hidden in the trees but also gives you a map of each area and an arrow pointing towards the subject. We plan to use this on our visit. Hope this is helpful for you and your wife when you visit in September

By: Ian Bradshaw

Ian Bradshaw — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:29:01 +0000

I visited Runnymead Memorial 18th July and will be visiting East Moore Airfield on the 28th July 2019. This will be precisely 70 years to the day that my Grandfather took off in a Halifax on an operation to Hamburg, which tragically they did not return. A letter we found of my Nans from the pilots family said ” they plane was seen to be on fire, we pray they bailed out.”. During my research, I found an excellent website “aircrew remembered”. The information on the site is growing and growing and I encourage all relatives of these brave men to contribute photos and stories. We must keep their memories alive and hopefully, the world will not require such a horrendous sacrifice of so many again.

By: David Hale

David Hale — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:56:06 +0000

My wife and I will be visiting the area in September 2019, Her father Cerdic G Collier was stationed at RCAF East Moor in WW2. We have a photo with him and his mates in front of some brick buildings they worked in preparing bomb loads for the bombers. I am wondering if you can still get up to the base to see the buildings or the runways.

By: Sally Walker

Sally Walker — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 05:49:15 +0000

Thank you Lisa for your comment. I would imagine that my Dad may well have stayed in the service hostel in York. I know that he and another crew member bought a car and he also had a motorcycle for awhile, I believe. He definitely had visited York during the war, and did get to see quite a bit of England when he was on leave. He often spoke of the beauty of the coutryside.

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:32:46 +0000

I really appreciate this, thank you Sally for adding such a moving and personal account of your visit to East Moor, and telling us about your dad’s time here in Yorkshire.

Your father and other servicemen may also have used the service hostel in York city centre, described on these pages: http://yorkstories.co.uk/ww2/rcaf-service-hostel-1940s-york/ and http://yorkstories.co.uk/opinions-thoughts/rare-survival-ww2-service-hostel/. Those pages were also compiled some years back, before the buildings were demolished, but I hope they’re of interest.

I’m glad that there are still remains of the old airfields, and that you were able to visit, and find the memorial there too. Thanks again for your comment here,
Lisa