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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 1984
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

8948

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Current location

Halesworth (Holton) Airfield Museum
Sparrowhawk Way
Upper Holton
Waveney
Suffolk
IP19 8NJ
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 40038 78751
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Group Crest and plan of runways above text.

Inscription

DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED / HERE WITH THE 489TH BOMB GROUP / (USAAF) ESPECIALLY TO THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN / DIGNITY / THE 489TH GROUP WAS STAIONED AT / HALESWORTH AIRFIELD FROM APRIL TO / NOVEMBER 1944 AND FLEW 106 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS IN B-24 / LIBERATOR HEAVY BOMBERS / COLONEL EZEKIEL W NAPIER, COMMANDER / THE LORD SAID "LO I AM WITH YOU/ ALWAYS EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD / MATTHEW 28-20

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Memorial
Measurements: depth 381 mm, height 1069 mm, width 381 mm
Materials: Marble

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

EIGHTH AIR FORCE REMEMBERED by FOX, GEORGE H P61 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ISO 1991 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON

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