Airmen's Cross near Stonehenge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1995. Memorial.

Airmen's Cross near Stonehenge

WRENN ID
half-eave-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1995
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
SU 100 427
Coordinates
51.18378, -1.85783
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Airmen's Cross near Stonehenge is a memorial dedicated to two pioneering airmen who died in a flying accident in 1912. Made of granite, the memorial features a relief-carved cross set into a wheel-head, with a short shaft and a stepped plinth. It is inscribed with the following words:

"TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ CAPTAIN LORAINE/ AND STAFF-SERGEANT WILSON/ WHO WHILST FLYING ON DUTY MET WITH/ A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THIS SPOT/ ON JULY 5TH 1912./ ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES."

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