Memorial to 12 Squadron and 626 Squadron of RAF Wickenby is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2018. Memorial.
Memorial to 12 Squadron and 626 Squadron of RAF Wickenby
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-vestry-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to 12 Squadron and 626 Squadron of RAF Wickenby, C230m to the South of the Old Watch Office, Raf Wickenby Memorial Walk, Wickenby Airport, Lincolnshire, LN3 5AX
- OS grid reference
- TF 103 809
- Coordinates
- 53.31434, -0.34517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to 12 Squadron and 626 Squadron of RAF Wickenby is situated next to the gated entrance of Wickenby Airfield. It marks the southern end of a memorial walk, which features a line of trees commemorating members of RAF Wickenby personnel.
The memorial is made of tapering Derbyshire gritstone and stands on a broad base with three steps. Each step has a slight overhang to allow for the placement of wreaths and floral tributes. On either side of the pylon are bronze representations of the two squadron badges. The front face of the memorial features a bronze figure of Icarus falling from the sky. This figure, cast using the lost wax process, evokes the framework of Icarus’s wings created by his father Daedalus, as well as the airframe of the aircraft that operated from the airfield. The figure depicts Icarus plummeting, screaming, as his body disintegrates and his left hand reaches to protect his head.
Below the figure is a dedicatory inscription that reads: "ROYAL AIR FORCE/ WICKENBY/ NO 1 GROUP BOMBER COMMAND/ 1942 – 1945/ IN MEMORY OF/ ONE THOUSAND AND EIGHTY MEN/ OF 12 & 626 SQUADRONS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON/ OPERATIONS FROM THIS AIRFIELD/ IN THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY/ AND THE LIBERATION/ OF OCCUPIED EUROPE/ PER ARDUA AD ASTRA."
Local climate
Memorial to 12 Squadron and 626 Squadron of RAF Wickenby receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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