Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Bassingbourn
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1997
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 56865
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Current location
A1198 Old North Road opposite the emergency entrance to Bassingbourne Barracks.
A1198
Bassingbourn
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
SG8 5LX
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 34170 45670
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular silver - painted plaque with black lettering set on a metal post. Below is a raised metal map of the area.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF AND DEDICATED TO/ THE 323rd BOMB SQUADRON AIRMEN OF/ 91st BOMB GROUP (HEAVY), 8th AIR FORCE/ US AAF STATION 121 BASSINGBOURNE, ENGLAND./ DURING WORLD WAR II FROM NOVEMBER 7 1942 TO JUNE 23 1945 THERE/ WERE 105 B-17 BOMBERS OF THE 323 rd BOMB SQUADRON PARKED AND SERVICED/ ON NINE "PADS" THAT WERE CONCEALED AMONG AN AVENUE OF STATELY ELM TREES/ THAT STRETCHED FROM WIMPOLE HALL TO THE HUNTINGDON/ ROYSTON ROAD. FIFTY/ TWO OF THE BOMBERS WERE LOST TO ENEMY ACTION WHILE FLYING 339 DAYLIGHT/ MISSIONS AGAINST HITLER'S EUROPE KILLING 227 AIRMEN; 216 BECAME PRISONERS/ OF WAR: AND 12 EVADED CAPTURE. THE SQUADRON'S B17 "NINE-O-NINE" FLEW/ AN AMAZING 8th AIR FORCE RECORD OF 140 CASUALTY FREE MISSIONS, FROM/ DECEMBER 30 1943 TO JUNE 8 1945 ( VE-DAY)/ THE DIAGRAM BELOW SHOWS THE 323rd DISPERSAL AREA D PARKING/ "PADS" AND THE "NOSE" NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL NINE B-17s. TO REACH/ THE THE BASSINGBOURNE AIRBASE RUNWAYS/ HANGERS THE B-17 TAXIED ACROSS/ THE ROAD NEAR THIS MEMORIAL MARKER.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 228
Died: 227
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- 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
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