Plaque

Purley air crash

Erection date: 2006

Inscription

In memory of the pilot and seven passengers who lost their lives in the crash of Imperial Airways De Havilland 34 Airliner G-EBBX near the site of this memorial on Christmas Eve 1924.

This plaque and cross were placed here by Croydon Airport Society and Lower End Kingsdown Avenue Residents' Association at a service of dedication in 2006 to commemorate the refurbishment of the memorial.

The plaque refers to a memorial, as if there is something other than this plaque and cross, but we can find nothing else.

Site: Purley air crash (1 memorial)

CR0, Kingsdown Avenue

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Purley air crash

A de Havilland DH.34 G-EBBX of Imperial Airways, which had only just taken of...

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Historic Croydon Airport Trust

From their website: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as...

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Lower End Kingsdown Avenue Residents' Association

Residents' Association in Purley. Their Facebook page, LeKARA, was created in...

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