Fleet Air Arm Memorial
The Fleet Air Arm Memorial, sometimes known as Daedalus, is a
Second World War, the Korean War, the Falklands War and the Gulf War, including over 6,000 killed in all conflicts. The service of the Fleet Air Arm is also commemorated at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, at the former base of the Fleet Air Arm at HMS Daedalus in Lee-on-the-Solent, and at the Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton
.
The memorial comprises a thin stone column on which stands a bronze statue of a naval airman, wearing a flying suit and helmet, and with wings attached to his arms like
Psalm
18:10: "He rode upon a cherub and did fly yea he did fly upon the wings of the wind".
It was designed by Tim Kempster of Trehearne Architects with the sculpture of Daedalus by
Charles, Prince of Wales, and stands in Victoria Embankment Gardens, between the River Thames and the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, facing the Royal Air Force Memorial. Also nearby are the Korean War Memorial, the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial, the Chindit Memorial, and the Battle of Britain Monument
.
References
- Fleet Air Arm Memorial (daedalus), Imperial War Museum
- Fleet Air Arm Remembrance, Fleet Air Arm Officers Association
- Fleet Air Arm Memorial (Daedalus), War Memorials Online
- Monument: Fleet Air Arm, London Remembers
- Fleet Air Arm Memorial – London, lost-at-sea-memorials.com
- London: Fleet Air Memorial, Twentieth Century Society
External links
Media related to Fleet Air Arm Memorial, London at Wikimedia Commons
