A-16 397th Bomb Group
Details:
On the eastern side of the D140.
Marker
A vertical rectangular maroon stone monument with gold lettering commemorating the airbase, 397th Bomb Group and 826th Air Eng enclosed by shrubbery, a chain fence and backed by a white wall.
Monument Text:
NINTH USA AIR FORCE WWII
THE 397TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
FLEW FROM
THIS ADVANCED LANDING GROUND A-26
BUILT BY
826TH AIR ENGINEER BATTALION
08.30 TO 09.16.1944
IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR LIBERTY
GORGES-GONFREVILLE
5 MAI 1992
Commemorates:
Units:
397th Bomb Group
826th Air Engineer Battalion
9th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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