Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Broadland
- Town
- Attlebridge
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55060
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Current location
Attlebridge Airfield
Frans Green (Cross Road)
Attlebridge
Broadland
Norfolk
NR9 5LD
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 132 170
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Black stone plaque displaying the inscription is headed by the Bomb Group and 8th Air Force emblems. There's a brickwall at the back with squadron badge motifs set in the wall.
- Inscription
- SITE OF UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE STATION 120/ ATTLEBRIDGE AIRFIELD MARCH 1944 - JULY 1945/ FROM THIS BASE THE 466TH BOMB GROUP (H) A UNIT OF THE/ EIGHTH AIR FORCE, SECOND AIR DIVISION, FLEW 231 COMBAT/ MISSIONS IN B-24 "LIBERATOR" AIRCRAFT. THE AIR OFFENSIVE WAS OVER THE CONTINENT: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE,/ RHINELAND, ARDENNES - ALSACE AND CENTRAL EUROPE./ THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED 12TH JUNE 1992/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
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