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Battle of the Atlantic American Servicemen Monument

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Details:

Located about 92 meters northwest of the Reykjavik (Fossvogur) CWGC cemetery.

Monument

A black granite memorial composed of three upright stone panels of varying heights mounted on a rectangular stone base, dedicated to Allied airmen who lost their lives in Iceland during World War II. The central panel bears inscriptions in both Icelandic and English, honoring the Allied servicemen who died while serving in Iceland during the war. The right panel commemorates the units that operated from Iceland between 1941 and 1944 as part of the Allied defense of the North Atlantic during World War II. It features the emblems and lists the squadrons of the U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) that were stationed in or deployed to Iceland to conduct anti-submarine patrols, convoy protection, and air defense missions against German U-boats and aircraft.

Monument Text:

On the central panel:

TIL MINNINGAR UM FLUGLIÐA

BANDAMANNA SEM TÓKU ÞÁTTÍ

ORRUSTUNNIUM ATLANTSHAFFRÁ

ÍSLANDI 19401945. MINNISVARÐINN VAR

AFLJÚPADUR AF HANS KGL TIGN

HERTOGANUM AF KENT, KG.

12. SEPTEMBER 2007

GJÖF FLUGMÁLAFÉLAGS ÍSLANDS.

 

THIS TRIBUTE TO THE ALLIED AIRMEN

WHO FLEW FROM ICELAND DURING

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC WAS

ERECTED AS A GIFT BY THE ICELANDIC

AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY AND UNVEILED

ON 12th SEPTEMBER 2007 BY HIS ROYAL

HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT K.G.

 

On the right panel:

 

UNITED STATES NAVY (USN)

VP-52 (DET)

26.5.6.7.1941

PBY-5

VP-72 (DET)

4.7.17.7.1941

PBY-5

VP-63

27.6.20.7.1943

PBY-5

VP-73

9.8.19413.5.1942

PBY-5, PBY5A

VP-73

3.5.194227.10.1943

PBY5A

VP-74

9.8.194119.1.1942

PBM-1

VP-84

2.10.19421.9.1943

PBY-5A

VB-128

28.8.19.12.1943

PV-1

 

US ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF)

27th FS

6.7.22.3.1942

P-38

33rd FS

6.8.19419.6.1945

P-40, P-39, P-47

50th FS

18.8.19424.2.1944

P-38

337th FS

11.9.16.10.1942

 

 

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG)

VP-6CG (DET)

18.9.16.11.1944

PBY-5A

 

Commemorates:

Units:

27th Fighter Squadron

337th Fighter Squadron

33rd Fighter Squadron

50th Fighter Squadron

United States Air Force

United States Army

United States Coast Guard

United States Navy

VB-128

VP-52 (DET)

VP-6(CG)

VP-63

VP-72 (DET)

VP-73

VP-74

VP-84

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Battle of the Atlantic