Barbican in Plymouth, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

10 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force Memorial

Photographed by Josh Pletcher, April 3, 2023

1. 10 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force Memorial

Inscription. To the people of Plymouth with affection and admiration from the members of 10 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force who operated from Mount Batten 1939-1945.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.

Location. 50° 21.929′ N, 4° 8.074′ W. Memorial is in Plymouth, England. It is in Barbican. It is on Commercial Road, on the right when traveling south. On wall to left of stairs. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Plymouth, England PL1 2LR, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South West England.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Plymouth Men Who Helped to Found Modern Australia (within shouting distance of this marker); Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson Memorial (within shouting

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distance of this marker); From Plymouth on 13th March 1787, Sailed the Transport Ships 'Friendship' and 'Charlotte' (within shouting distance of this marker); Cornish Emigration Point (within shouting distance of this marker); Settlement of New Plymouth (within shouting distance of this marker); Way of Saint James (within shouting distance of this marker); Departure of the ‘Tory’ (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Pilgrims Point - The Mayflower Steps (about 90 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plymouth.

Also see . . . RAF Mount Batten (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

Royal Air Force Mount Batten, or more simply RAF Mount Batten, is a former Royal Air Force station and flying boat base at Mount Batten, a peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, UK. Originally a seaplane station opened in 1917 as a Royal Navy Air Service Station Cattewater it became RAF Cattewater in 1918 and in 1928 was renamed RAF Mount Batten…

Today, little evidence of the RAF base remains…

(Submitted on October 24, 2025.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2025, by Josh Pletcher of Wellington, Colorado. This page has been viewed 31 times since then and 8 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 22, 2025, by Josh Pletcher of Wellington, Colorado. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.