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Monument to Allied Aircrews of WW2 ( Spomenik Američkom i Britanskom pilotu)

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Details:

On the edge of Tološka šuma (a pine forest), across from the Croatian embassy in the central median between two roadways.

Monument


A four meter tall bright white obelisk with a curved tip on a low circular platform with steps with two bronze plaques.

 

The monument remembers all the Allied Aircrews that flew over the skies and gave their lives for freedom.

 

Special thanks to Donald Niebyl and his fantastic “Spomenik Database" for help with this memorial. See his website at: https://www.spomenikdatabase.org

 

Monument Text:

On one side an inscription on a bronze plaque commemorating the allied pilots, on the other sides the British, American and Montenegrin flags.

 

The text of the one bronze is written in Serbian and English.  The English reads:

 

 

DEDICATED

TO 

ALL AIRCREW OF THE ALLIES

AIRFORCES

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM

1939-1945

 

Commemorates:

Units:

Balkan Air Force (BAF)

Royal Air Force (RAF)

United States Air Force

United States Army

US Army Air Corps

US Army Air Service

Wars:

WWII

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