Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Steeple Morden
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 3rd August 1997
Attended by: Rev. Shamus Williams, rector of the Shingay Group of Parishes, assisted by Rev. Robert G. Kurtz, a former US fighter pilot and POW. - Undefined
Date: Undefined
Attended by: Undefined - Dedicated
Date: 3rd 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 - Unveiled
Date: 3rd August 1997
Attended by: Veterans William Cullerton and "Tiger" Lyons - Show More (3)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 108068
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Current location
Steeple Morden Airfield
Litlington Road
Steeple Morden
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
SG8 0QL
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 30024 42447
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wall with propeller and tablets, inside the gate. Iron gates with crest of USAAF 355th Fighter Group on the right and of RAF Bomber Command on the left. See WMR #8427
- Inscription
- 355th / FIGHTER (propeller) GROUP (Badges) 354TH FIGHTER SQUADRON / 357TH FIGHTER SQUADRON / 358TH FIGHTER SQUADRON / 2ND AIR DIVISION SCOUTING FORCE / 355TH FIGHTER GROUP EIGHTH AIR FORCE --- MEMORIAL / 355TH FIGHTER GROUP / AND / SUPPORT UNITS / USAAF / 8TH AIR FORCE / (dates and details of service) (BADGE) / IN MEMORIAL / (names) / LEST WE FORGET --- Engraved on rock 355TH FIGHTER GROUP / AAF STATION 122 / STEEPLE MORDEN / JULY 1943 - JULY 1945 --- UNITS ASSIGNED OR ATTACHED / AAF STATION F-122 / (list of units) --- IN MEMORIAL / (names) / LEST WE FORGET
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: Undefined
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: USAF / RAF, rank, initials, surname
Order of information: surname, initials
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Concrete
- Second World War memorial
- 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 - Reference
- Royston and Buntingford Mercury - Friday 08 August 1997 Page 4 Former US airmen return to England for tributes to their comrades Memorials honour veterans (pictures) ---
- Roll of Honour Cambridgeshire STEEPLE MORDEN 355th WAR MEMORIAL www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/SteepleMorden355thFighterGroup.html ---
- EIGHTH AIR FORCE REMEMBERED by FOX, GEORGE H 117-118/1991 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ISO 1991 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON
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