Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust

Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust[1]
Memorial placed by the Trust at Montrose Airfield
Abbreviation ABCT[1]
Founded 25 January 2006 (2006-01-25)
Founder Kenneth Peacock Bannerman[1]
Type Non-profit organisation
Registration no. 1156877[2]
Legal status Charity
Focus Former airfields
Area served
Great Britain
Services Supply, installation and dedication of memorial stones
Website ABCT.org.uk

The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT),[1] founded 2006, is a non-profit organisation that works to preserve and protect airfields in Great Britain, as well as educating people about their history. The Trust is a registered charity.[2]

They place inscribed memorial stones on or near disused airfields, which have included a memorial at Fambridge, Essex in February 2009,[3] at Windermere in Cumbria in 2011[1] and at Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre in May 2012.[4] Other memorial locations include Harrowbeer, Hatfield, Lanark, Leavesden, Matlaske, Okehampton, Podington, Swannington, Westcott and Woburn Park.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Aviation history in Cumbria celebrated with monuments". BBC.co.uk. BBC News. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "1156877 - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust". OpenCharities. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Alistair Smith; Jonathan Sutherland (2012). Royal Flying Corps. Casemate Publishers. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-84884-889-4.
  4. ↑ "RAF Montrose's role commemorated". Montrose Review. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
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