332nd Fighter Group (Red Tails) Ramitelli Airfield Memorial
Details:
On the side of the road on the face of a building on Via Delle Querce.
A wall mounted white marble inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers the 332nd Fighter Group that was stationed at Ramitelli Airfield in WW2. The gRoup consisted of the 99th, 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons, also know as the "Red Tails", flown by the Tuskegee Airmen. The 332nd was commanded by Colonel Benjamin Davis.
Special thanks to G. Marini for assistance with this memorial. Giuseppe is a local historian of World War II allied aviation in Campomarino (Molise region, Italy ) and re-discoverer of Ramitelli, Madna and Martino airfields.
Monument Text:
RAMITELLI
AIRFIELD
WWII -332nd FIGHTER GROUP
99TH, 100TH, 301ST & 302ND FS
15TH AF USAAF MT
In memory of the Tuskegee Airmen and their commander Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. These men triumphed over racial prejudice and dictatorships.
Ramitelli Operations Building
Campomarino, Italy 27 May 2024
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
15th Air Force
301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
302nd Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
332nd Fighter Group
99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
Tuskegee Airmen
Wars:
WWII
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