RAF Goxhill Monument (Right side)
Details:
The right side of the monument.
On the right side of the monument are two plaques commemorating the 353rd Fighter Group and support units who trained on the airfield and the other plaque in honor of 2LT Ferrara to whom the propeller blade of the monument was attributed.
Source of images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register
Monument Text:
First plaque:
In memory of the 353rd Fighter Group and Support
Units who trained on this field, June to August 1943,
and in memory of those lost during their stay:
1st Lt William M Mathias 353rd HQ 29/06/1943
1st Lt Harry H McPherson 352nd FS 24/07/1943
2nd Lt Jack D Lepird 352nd FS 24/07/1943
Operational at Metfield and Raydon
"We will remember them"
Second plaque:
THE PROPELLER BLADE ON THIS TRIBUTE
IS FROM A P38 LOCKHEED LIGHTNING
WHICH FLEW FROM THIS AIRBASE AND
CRASHED ON THE 26th MAY 1944
IN THE PARISH OF GOXHILL
THE PILOT 2nd LT. L.A. FERRARA WAS KILLED
IT REPRESENTS THE HIGH PRICE
OUR COUNTRIES PAID FOR FREEDOM
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group
353rd Fighter Group
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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