Set into the wall of a shop and is in between wooden benches.

A rectangular bronze plaque in a wooden frame, with the badge of the 487th Bomb Group in upper corners in relief. The inscription is written in English in raised lettering.

The 487th Bomb Group arrived at RAF Lavenham / Station 137 in April 1944. The group flew both the B-24 Liberator and the B-17 Flying Fortress as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign and began combat in May 1944. The group tail code was a "Square-P" or "Box-P." The group returned to Drew AAF Florida during August–September 1945.

Source of information: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register

Source of images: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

MEMORIAL

DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THE

487TH BOMB GROUP (H)

WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II, THAT THE IDEALS

OF DEMOCRACY MIGHT LIVE.