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Title
RAF Pinnace 1386 Memorial
Date
2018
Accession number
NE65_SD_S015
Acquisition method
presented by RAF Marine Branch ASR and MCS club members
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
July 2018
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque: ROYAL AIR FORCE PINNACE 1386 / LOST AT AMBLE ON THE 29TH SEPTEMBER 1969 / CREW / [Names] / TWAS NOT THE SPITE OF MORTAL MEN WHO TOOK / THEIR LIVES AWAY, BUT THE DEADLY PULL OF THE / PAN BUSH SHOAL ON THAT CRUEL SEPTEMBER DAY // WITHOUT THE SELFLESS BRAVERY OF THE AMBLE LIFEBOAT CREWS / 202 SQUADRON RAF ACKLINGTON, LOCAL FISHERMEN AND / ROYAL NAVY DIVERS, THE LOSS OF LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR GREATER // Presented to the people of Amble by the members of / the RAF Marine Branch, ASR & MCS, club members / in memory of their friends and comrades lost that day / and all those who sailed from this port never to return.