Take-off for Sir Keith Park as he is moved from Fourth Plinth
Going up: the statue is dismantled
12 April 2012
A memorial statue to a Battle of Britain hero was today removed from Trafalgar Square.
The statue of Sir Keith Park stood on the Fourth Plinth for the last six months. It will be replaced by Yinka Shonibare's Nelson's Ship in a Bottle at the end of the month.
Sir Keith commanded Number 11 Group of Fighter Command, responsible for the defence of London and the South-East during the Battle of Britain.
Terry Smith, chairman of the Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign, said: "The statue has been a fitting memorial to Park, situated prominently on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, in the city which he helped to defend in 1940."
A new permanent bronze statue of Sir Keith will be unveiled in Waterloo Place in September.
