Always follow your dreams...

Having been designed by local school children, the 5 metre-high permanent memorial to Flt. Lt. Jon Egging - "Eggman"- Red 4, went on display on Bournemouth's East Cliff this afternoon during a private ceremony, attended by members of The Red Arrows and the former pilots wife. It was Dr Egging that chose the winning entry for the design from entries following a competition amongst local schools in the town.

The three aircraft are made of glass, with stainless steel contrails, each one containing 60 glass beads in the team's traditional colours of red, white and blue. The whole thing weighs-in at one tonne. There is also a plaque set into stone in front of the sculpture, with the inscription:


                                  Always follow your dreams
                                               Blue skies

Memorial to Flt. Lt. Jon Egging - Eggman - Red 4
who tragically died when his Hawk aeroplane crashed after displaying at the Bournemouth Air Festival on 20 August 2011

Memorial unveiled on 29 August 2012 by:

The Worship The Mayor of Bournemouth Cllr Phil Stanley-Watts, Dr Emma Egging (Jon's wife),
Dawn Egging (Jon's mother), Flt. Lt. Ben Plank (Red 6) of the RAF Red Arrows and James Godley (Jon's childhood friend).

Design based on an original idea by pupils from Kinson Primary School, Bournemouth.
Bournemouth Borough Council commissioned artist Tim Ward of Circling the Square to create this Memorial



© 2012