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RAF Goxhill Monument (Right side)

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The right side of the monument.


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:

Lane A. Ferrara

John Douglas "Jack" Lepird

William M. Mathias

Harry Howard, Jr. McPherson

Units:

352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group

353rd Fighter Group

8th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

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