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351st Bomber Group Monument

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Details:

On the west end of the concrete area of the park.


Monument

A polished triangular block surmounted on a rectangular base plinth, set in the center of a gravelled square ground that is bordered by low concrete pillars. The front of the triangular block is inscribed in English text, incised in white lettering and contains the dedicatory message. The US Army Air Forces insignia is printed on the top while below the message are the insignias of the 508th, 509th, 510th and 511th Squadrons that served at Polebrook. On the back side is an etched letter J. The front of the base plinth is printed with an image of a B-17 Flying Fortress that has the "Triangle J" tail-mark. It is flanked by the dates 1943 and 1945. On the back side beneath the plinth is the inscription relating to the memorial's unveiling.

 

In front of the monument is a smaller tablet set on the ground, bearing the map of the former airfield with an inscription. In each corner of the gravelled square are four black plaques commemorating the successive Commanding Officers of 351st Bombardment Group.

 

Behind the memorials are two granite benches bearing the inscriptions commemorating LT. Gen. James T. Stewart and Maj. Gen. Robert W. Burns.

Source of info and images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register

Monument Text:

On the front of the triangle:

 

(-USAAF insignia-)

 

IN MEMORY OF

THE

351ST BOMBARDMENT

GROUP (HEAVY).

EIGHTH UNITED STATES ARMY

AIR FORCE.

311 GROUP COMBAT BOMBING MISSIONS

WERE FLOWN FROM THIS AIRFIELD OVER

OCCUPIED EUROPE BETWEEN 1943-1945.

175 B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES AND THEIR

CREWS WERE LOST. 303 ENEMY AIRCRAFT

WERE DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT

 

(-508th Squadron

insginia-)

(-509th Squadron

insginia-)

(-351st Bomber Group insignia-)

(-510th Squadron

insginia-)

(-511th Squadron

insginia-)

 

 

 

On the front of the plinth:

 

1943

(-B-17 image-)

1945

 

 

On the back of the triangle:

 

J

 

On the back of the plinth:

 

THE 351ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) REUNION ASSOCIATION

GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE GENEROUS DONATION OF

THE LAND FOR THIS MEMORIAL BY THE LANE FAMILY

OF ASHTON WOLD HOUSE, ASHTON

DEDICATED JUNE 18TH 1981

 

Commemorates:

Units:

351st Bomber Group

508th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group

509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy

510th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy

511th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy

8th Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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