Chalgrove Airfield American Plaque
Details:
At the intersection corner of Sir James Martin Way and Warpsgrove Ln, very near the Hampden monument. Marker
A bronze plaque with dark-grey background attached on a rectangular
stone block inscribed in English text. It was dedicated on June 18, 1993.
Source of photo: Imperial War Museum War
Memorials Register
Monument Text:
CHALGROVE AIRFIELD
STATION 465
TO THE MEMORY OF AMERICAN
SERVICEMEN WHO WERE BASED
HERE DURING WORLD WAR TWO
THEY SERVED WITH THE 10TH
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE
GROUP AND TROOP CARRIER
PATHFINDER GROUP (PROV.) OF
THE 9TH UNITED STATES ARMY AIR
FORCE, AIRBORNE PATHFINDER
PARATROOPS OF THE U.S. ARMY
AND THE 7TH PHOTOGRAPHIC
RECONNAISSANCE GROUP, THE
"EYES OF THE 8TH" UNITED STATES
ARMY AIR FORCE
MAY THEY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
DEDICATED JUNE 18th 1993.
Commemorates:
Units:
10th Photographic Reconnaisance Group
7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
IX Troop Carrier Pathfinder Group
United States Air Force
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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