Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Steeple Morden
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 2000
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66202
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Current location
On roadside at the entrance to the former airfield
Steeple Morden Airfield
Litlington Road
Steeple Morden
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
SG8 0QL
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 30022 42443
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A metal plaque mounted on the wall pillar to the right of the memorial gates. The insignia of the 8th Air Force and the 2nd Scouting Force, and the silhouette of a fighter aircraft seen from the front, are depicted on the plaque.
- Inscription
- IN HONOR OF/ THE 2ND SCOUTING FORCE/ FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND GROUND PERSONNEL/ WHO SERVED AT STEEPLE MORDEN/ WITH THE 355TH FIGHTER GROUP/ YF OS WR/ VOLUNTEER BOMBER AND FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE 2SF/ FLEW HUNDREDS OF WEATHER SCOUTING SORTIES,/ FROM 26 SEPTEMBER 1944 THROUGH 25 APRIL 1945./ LED BY LT. COL. JOHN A. BROOKS III/ THE SCOUTS MAD A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION/ TO THE SUCCESS OF THE 8AF HEAVY BOMBING CAMPAIGN. IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR PRECIOUS LIVES/ (Names)/ PRESENTED BY THE SCOUTING FORCE ASSOCIATION/ IN THE YEAR 2000
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bertelson, Robert
Hornickel, William
Monefeldt, Leonard
Strauder, James
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
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
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