page_title: AT6 Monument
section_title: Yearly Commemorations
hierarchical_section_title: AT6 Monument / Yearly Commemorations
caption_attribution_description: English: Choctaw Nation Color Guard firing a 21-gun salute in honor of four fallen Royal Air Force fliers. The ceremony on Feb. 18, 2018 rededicated the AT6 Monument in honor of the four, which was originally dedicated in February 2000.
context_page_description: The AT6 Monument is a granite memorial to Royal Air Force cadets who were killed while on a training flight during World War II. It stands on Big Mountain, north of Moyers, Oklahoma, in the United States, and was dedicated on February 20, 2000—the 57th anniversary of the deadly crashes.
context_section_description: Small remembrance ceremonies have taken place at the monument each year since the original one in 2000.  The Choctaw Nation's Color Guard has presented and retired the colors—including Britain's Union Jack—and the Antlers chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars has assisted, hosting receptions in its lodge hall following the ceremonies on the mountain.  
  During recent years a detachment of Royal Air Force officers stationed in Texas has participated, coming annually to join local residents in remembering their fallen.  The officers occasionally spend an informal “work day” at the site, clearing brush and making sure the central gathering spot remains clear.  Residents of the mountain, and others, also maintain the site.
  A rededication of the monument took place in 2018, to mark the 75th anniversary of the crashes.  Britain's Consul General to the United States, along with a group of Royal Air Force officers and their families, visitors from England, a group from Terrell, Texas and local residents, gathered at the site.  The Choctaw Nation assisted with logistics, and its Chief and Assistant Chief hosted the gathering.  Its Color Guard presented and retired the colors, this time accompanied by the RAF detachment.  School students from Rattan, some of whom are Choctaw Indians, sang “God Save the Queen” and laid roses on the “natural tombstone.”
caption: The Choctaw Nation Color Guard firing a 21-gun salute in honor of the fallen RAF fliers, during rededication of the AT6 Monument in February 2018.
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