Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust

04/03/2026

Thank you Robin Taylor for including our memorial in your WW2 Fermanagh project on YouTube. Please watch and support Robins work.

“I hope it might be of some use as a classroom resource or with those suffering from dementia as a way of focusing on what books they still have in their mental library rather than the gaps in the shelves”

Commemorating the presence of Allied Forces in Fermanagh protecting Atlantic convoys during WW2.Music:The Best of Elgarhttps://naxos.lnk.to/8556672UKSome vid...

07/01/2026

ABCT regret to announce the death of its founder Kenneth Bannerman. The charity will continue to its work highlighting the historic importance of airfields into the future.

Please contact us for funeral details.

22/08/2025

ABCT will be in southern Cumbria to unveil memorials to Cark (August 30) and Millom (August 31), both at 11 am, following considerable public demand - make sure to be there.
https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/cark-flookburgh/
https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/millom/

16/08/2025

One of Britain's and Scotland's greatest ever heroes: thank you so much for your tremendous service and phenomenal bravery.
https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/aberdeen-pilot-who-last-surviving-10431347
https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/sullom-voe-garths-voe/

John Cruickshank, a flight lieutenant, earned the honour for his role in an attack on a German U-Boat, during which he suffered 72 injuries while piloting a Catalina flying boat on July 17, 1944.