The monument shortly after completion of the inscription. In total it took five days to complete the erection and lettering of the monument.
RAF Monument to Squadron 101
The monument shown here is, literally, one of dozens and dozens
of a similar design that Leake's Masonry has supplied over the
years in commemoration of the heroic pilots and crews of of
World War II.
This one is at Ludford Magna.
The monuments have not been restricted to solely to the RAF.
In 1980, the the Royal Australian Air Force made Peter Leake
an honorary member in recognition for the monument that the
company had supplied to them at Binbrook during a visit by surviving
members of crews and their families
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The year is 1957 and the men shown are all tradesmen from Leake's Masonry, or as it was known then, P.R.Leake & Son.
