467th Bombardment Group Monument
Details:
At the south-west corner of the junction.
A polished granite stone on a one step base within a small gravel square and flanked on either side by a US and Union flag. The top of the stone is at a slight angle and is incised with the badges of the 8th USAAF. It is inscribed in English text and in white and capital lettering. The monument is dedicated to the 467th Bombardment Group of the US Army Air Forces which was stationed at RAF Rackheath when it was an active airfield during World War II.
Source of info: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register
Source of image: https://www.geograph.org.uk, Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register
Monument Text:
Top surface:
RACKHEATH STATION 145
(-USAAF insignia-) | (-RAF Rackheath airfield map-) | (-467th Bombardment Group insignia-) |
Front side:
467TH
BOMBARDMENT GROUP HEAVY
2ND AIR DIVISION 8TH AIR FORCE
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
COLONEL ALBERT J. SHOWER
FLEW 212 COMBAT MISSION
5538 AIRCRAFT SORTIES
WITH LOSES OF 235 AIRMEN 46 AIRCRAFT
IN B24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS FROM THIS AIRFIELD
FROM MARCH 11TH 1944 TO JULY 5TH 1945
OVER 5000 AMERICAN AIRMEN STATIONED HERE
MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEFEAT OF
NAZI GERMANY IN WORLD WAR II
DEDICATED JULY 29TH 1990
THE FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVENTH
BOMBARDMENT GROUP HEAVY ASSOCIATION LTD
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
467th Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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