Imperial War Museum Register of Memorials - http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.31016/fromUkniwmSearch/1
The Memorial was designed by Norman Applleton
The annual
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Service is held each year at the 10 Sqn Memorial, Melbourne, Yorks.
A short 15 minute service by the Memorial is usually followed by coffee and bickies in the restored former RAF Melbourne Control Tower, thanks to the generosity of the volunteer restoration crew.
We are grateful to Mr John Rowbottom, owner of Melrose Farm, for his continued support of the 10 Squadron Association, for his care and maintenace of the Memorial and for allowing us to hold our Annual Remembrance Service here.
Lunch at the nearby Plough Inn, Allerthorpe follows for those Association members who have made reservations with the Pub on Tel: 01759 302349 or by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at least a week beforehand.
Directions to the memorial situated at the entrance to Melrose Farm, Melbourne, North Yorks. YO42 4SS are given below:-
Note : If coming from York on Remembrance Sunday, the B 1228 is closed in Elvington between 1100 – 1200 hrs
for the Elvington Village Remembrance Day service and parade.
Through traffic is not allowed through Elvington to Sutton on Derwent and Melbourne.
FOLLOW THIS ROUTE INSTEAD (below)
From the A64 York ring road take the exit for the A1079 signed for Beverley & Hull. At 9.3 miles from the A64, opposite Barmby Moor Industrial Estate, take a right turn at the new roundabout, signed to Melbourne & Allerthorpe. (Road sign points to Pocklington Gliding Club to the left.) Pass through Allerthorpe, passing the Plough Inn, where we have lunch, on your right and take no exits from this lane until reaching Melbourne village from the east.
Turn left (south) into Campey Lane and left at the next T-junction. - sign post shows Seaton Ross 2 miles and Mkt Weighton 9 miles. Travelling east towards Seaton Ross, the Memorial is on the right after 1 mile adjacent to a large sign marked Melrose Farm. Adequate parking is available up the side tarmac, farm lane by the Memorial. Total journey distance from leaving the A1079 at Barmby Moor roundabout is 5.4 miles.
For Sat Nav users, the Memorial is at the entrance to Melrose Farm : Postcode = YO42 4SS
If you need sustenance after visiting the 10 Squadron War Memorial, do give 'The Plough Inn' at Allerthorpe a visit. It's just off the main York - Hull Road (A 1079) near Barmby Moor. Good food, pleasant company and very reasonable prices.
Harriet & Dan will make you feel most welcome. Even if you are not an Association Member do tell them why you are visiting the area. They will then point out the many framed Squadron photos, some of which came from the 10 Squadron Lounge in the 'Bombers' pub at Seaton Ross after its closure in 1998.
It is here at the Plough Inn that the 10 Sqn Association holds its annual lunch, following the Remembrance Day Service at the Melbourne Memorial. On this occasion, due to the high demand for seats, prior booking is necessary.
Contact the pub direct ( Tel: 01759 - 302349) by late September if you wish to book places at the lunch and NOT the Assoc Secretary, as in previous years.
It goes without saying that of course all are welcome to attend the Remembrance Service at the Memorial, without prior notification.
A more detailed Google Map showing the Plough Inn's location may be found in the article entitled The 10 Squadron War Memorial (above)
Click on the uppermost red, pin-marker 
to see The Plough Inn
THE INTERNATIONAL BOMBER COMMAND CENTRE
Planned to be built in Lincoln, an appeal for which was launched in 2013, the Centre will be a fitting memorial to the men and women from 60 nations who served with Bomber Command between 1939 and 1945.
See the latest update and appeal for funding request by clicking on the title below:
International Bomber Command Centre Appeal
THE BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL
in Green Park, London was inaugurated by
Her Majesty The Queen
on Thursday 28 June 2012
10 Sqn Association Founder Member Douglas Evans meets HRH Prince Charles
" The Crew "
In memory of the 55,573 who gave their lives
The Memorial Bomber Command Crest
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The 10 Squadron crew of Halifax MZ-532, whose photo is shown in our image slider at the top of this website Home Page, are remembered each year in Laval, between Rennes and Le Mans, France on 8 May (VE Day) by relatives of the Free French forces. Crashing nearby, after being hit by flak on 10 June 1944, they are buried in Laval Cemetery together with another 10 Squadron crew of Halifax ZA-684, which was also hit and crashed nearby on the same night.
See Crewroom Menu - VE Day in France for further details
14 of 55,573 ........... on just one night
A total of 156 aircraft from 10 Squadron were lost on WW2 operations
comprising 47 Whitleys and 109 Halifaxes.
839 aircrew men from 10 Squadron were killed on active flying service between
September 1939 and December 1945.
This figure includes the deaths of POWs and casualties from flying training accidents, but it does not include victims of non-flying accidents or deaths from natural causes.
839 ......... out of 55,573
Between September 1939 and May 1945, the Squadron earned 523 awards, including ,
9 DSOs, 333 DFCs and 173 DFMs.
