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Memorial to the fallen in the Gibraltar air disaster, photo Paweł Marchlewski
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Memorial to the fallen in the Gibraltar air disaster

Europa Point | Gibraltar

Memorial to the fallen in the Gibraltar air disaster

Europa Point | Gibraltar

The memorial commemorates the air crash of the British transport plane called Liberator which occurred in Gibraltar on 4 July 1943. Sixteen people died in the crash, including the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces and Prime Minister of Poland, General Władysław Sikorski.


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Keywords:

memorial, sculpture

Publication:

05.09.2024

Last updated:

07.03.2026
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Monument with a Polish eagle emblem commemorating the 1943 Gibraltar air crash, set against a sunset over the sea.
Memorial to the fallen in the Gibraltar air disaster, photo Paweł Marchlewski
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