Memorial John Dundas Freshwater

The memorial is a plinth with a plaque commemorating a Battle of Britain pilot who was shot down nearby. It was unveiled on 28 November 2000 by order of Graham Alderson to mark the 60th anniversary.

The plaque at the top bears the inscription:
“ F/LT. JOHN C. DUNDAS, D.F.C. & BAR OF 609 SQN.
On 28th November 1940 he shot down Major Helmut Wick, a Luftwaffe
Ace Fighter Pilot, to the south of the island. He in turn was shot down
by Wick's No 2 immediately after. Neither bodies were recovered.

If it was not for he and his like at that Period in World War 2 this Country
and all of Europe would have succumbed to Nazi domination.

Let not their sacrifice for our freedom be in vain

Graham Alderson
28th November 2000 “

At the front of the plinth hangs a “ MEMORIA ”
“ Stranger, do not just pass by, but bide awhile before this simple memorial stone
which marks the place near where an airman died half a century ago …”

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Wim Wouters