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RAF Pinnace 1386 Memorial
RAF Pinnace 1386 Memorial
RAF Pinnace 1386 Memorial
RAF Pinnace 1386 Memorial
RAF Pinnace 1386 Memorial

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A freestanding memorial plaque with the outline of the ship. It commemorates the deaths of three crew members of the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue 'Pinnace 1386' who died on the 29th September 1969 when their vessel was overwhelmed by heavy seas and capsized while trying to enter the harbour at Amble. The three men were the only RAF personnel on active sea duty to die since the end of the Second World War.
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

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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.

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Located at

Little Shore, South Jetty, Amble

NE65 0AZ