Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Steeple Morden
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 3 August 1997
Attended by: Veterans of Nos 11 and 17 OTUs and 355th Fighter Group; Veterans of the Dutch Resistence and Escape Line Organisations; Representatives of North Herts Branch of the Aircrew Association; Members of Mordens Branch British Royal Legion
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8428
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Current location
Steeple Morden Airfield
Litlington Road
Steeple Morden
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
SG8 0QL
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 30022 42443
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular plaque with depiction of an American fighter at the top inscription in white lettering below.
- Inscription
- IN HONOR OF/ THE SCOUTING FORCE/ (EXPERIMENTAL)/ BASED AT STEEPLE MORDEN/ 24 MAY - 20 SEPTEMBER 1944/ COMMANDED BY COLONEL BUDD J PEASLEE/ VOLUNTEER 8TH AIR FORCE BOMBER AND FIGHTER PILOTS/ PIONEERED THE SCOUTING CONCEPT. THEY LEAD THE BOMBER/ FORCE THROUGH THE WEATHER, SCOUTED THE TARGETS AND/ DEFENDED THE BOMBERS. THEY SERVED AS A PROTOTYPE FOR/ THE 1ST 2ND AND 3RD SCOUTING FORCES/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THIS CAUSE INCLUDE/ (Names)/ PRESENTED BY THE SCOUTING FORCE ASSOCIATION/ AUGUST 1997
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, Robert T
Bergerson, John
Burtt, William S
Dressendorfer, Vincent C
Lojewski, Teleschor
Price, Gerald C
Wright, Charles
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- EIGHTH AIR FORCE REMEMBERED by FOX, GEORGE H 117-118 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ISO 1991 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON
- Intercom 34/Autumn 2000 Published:Air Crew Association Re:- re-dedication of memorials
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