351st BG Benches
Details:
On either side behind the 351st Bomber Group monument.
Two granite stones which on their front-sides commemorations are inscribed. The inscriptions are written in English text commemorating Major Burns and LT. Gen. Stewart, former Commanding Officers of the 351st Bomber Group.
Source of info and images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register
Monument Text:
Bench 1:
IN HONOUR OF MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT W. BURNS- COMMANDING OFFICER
351ST BOMB GROUP (H)
Bench 2:
IN MEMORY OF LT. GEN. JAMES T. STEWART, 1921 - 1990, USAF COMMANDING OFFICER OF 508th SQ. 351st BOMB GROUP
WHO FLEW 60 COMBAT MISSIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY FROM THIS AIRFIELD 1943 - 1945
Commemorates:
Units:
351st Bomber Group
508th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomb Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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