381st Bomber Group Church Plaque
Details:
Inside the church.
PlaqueA black inscribed marble with a brass inscribed plaque below above a presenation box with an American Flag.
The plaque remembers the 381st Bomber Group that flew from nearby RAF Ridgewell (USAAF Station 167) during WW2.
Source of information and photos: www.iwm.org.uk/memorials & www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk
Monument Text:
On the marble plaque:
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF 381st
BOMB GROUP USAAF 8TH AIRFORCE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE
OF FREEDOM IN WORD WARD II
1939-1945
On the lower brass plaque:
During the second world war members of the 381st
bomber group regularly found spiritual comfort at
St. Augustine -Ahsen. Surviving members generously
contributed to the cost of chancel roof repairs.
1986
