Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Metfield
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57280
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Current location
Metfield Airbase
Metfield
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 311 789
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brick monument with plaque in centre, and pillars either end. Picture of B-24 Liberator at centre of plaque and USAAF badge top centre.
- Inscription
- 491st/ BOMBARDMENT/ GROUP (H)/ IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THE 491st/ BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)/ METFIELD/ ENGLAND/ 1944
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Wall
- 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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