Red Arrows Memorial in March 2018, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, BH1 3DN. Dorset. England.

            I have been to the Bournemouth Air Show many times now over the years. It is probably one of the events loved by everyone that attends this free even to watch. So it was a sad day when one of the Red Arrows Pilots died when his Hawk T1 jet crashed following a display at the 2011 event. Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, of Rutland, died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed following a display at the 2011 Bournemouth Air Festival. Now a The 5 metre high artwork on Bournemouth's East Overcliff was unveiled at a private ceremony ahead of the Airshow. It features three glass Red Arrows planes and stainless steel contrails. The one tonne sculpture, created by Tim Ward, of Circling the Square, was designed by Penny Vallier, 10, and George Cutler, 9, from the Kinson Primary School in Bournemouth. Each contrail also has 60 coloured glass discs in the Red Arrow's traditional colours of red, white and blue. 
Among the members of the Red Arrows who attended the unveiling, Flt Lt Ben Plank said: For me it is a reflection of the support the team have received from the people of Bournemouth throughout the years of supporting this town. Flt Lt Egging, who grew up in Southam, Warwickshire, was killed when his aircraft crashed into a field at the village of Throop, near Bournemouth Airport, on 20th August 2011. A memorial to a Red Arrows pilot who died following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival is to be moved following a cliff landslip. The sculpture in memory of Flt Lt Jon Egging has been cordoned off since the slip at East Cliff in April 2016. It is to be moved to the top of the East Cliff Zig-Zag path nearby. His widow Dr Emma Egging said the new site would allow visitors to continue to remember Jon and honour the teamwork and dedication of the Red Arrows. Alongside it will also be a relocated Spitfire pilot memorial plaque. A trust has been set up now called the Jon Egging trust in 2012, to realize Jon’s vision of helping young people to have the opportunity to be the best they can.
   

Taken on: March 26, 2018

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