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Chalgrove Airfield American Plaque

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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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