USAAF 355th Fighter Group - RAF Steeple Morden

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Reference WMO/151349

Address:

Steeple Morden Airfield

Litlington Road

Steeple Morden

SG8 0RT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Angled wall of 5 panels, with two steps across the front on which is a small separately mounted granite block from a blitzed London church. A P51 Mustang propeller is mounted as centrepoint on the wall with badges of the 355th's three squadrons , Second Air Scouting Force and the group crest depicted around it on the central panel of the memorial. Outlines of a Thunderbolt and a Mustang aircraft are depicted on the second & fourth panels respectively with lists of the group's support units. Panels 1 and 5 listing the names are newer additions to the original memorial and depict the insignia of the USAAF 8th Air Force and the RAF Bomber command above the names.
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First panel: IN MEMORIAM/ (Names)/ LEST WE FORGET Second panel: P - 47 THUNDERBOLT/ MEMORIAL/ 355TH FIGHTER GROUP/ AND/ SUPPORT UNITS/ U.S.A.A.F./ 8TH AIR FORCE/ ACTIVATED ORLANDO FL 12 NOV 42/ ARRIVED UK 6 JUL 43/ FIRST COMBAT MISSION 14 SEP 43/ LAST COMBAT MISSION 25 APR 45/ OVER 1500 E/A DAMAGED-DESTROYED/ DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION 5 APR 44/ OVER 2000 AMERICAN AIRMEN SERVED HERE/ DEDICATED 12 MAY 1981 Centre panel: 355TH/ FIGHTER GROUP Fourth panel: P-51 MUSTANG/ UNITS ASSIGNED OR ATTACHED/ AAF STATION F-122/ 355 FG HQ/ 354 FS/ 357 FS/ 358 FS/ 2 SF/ 1 SG HQ 1104 QM/ 5 SS 1181 MP/ 14 SC 1447 ORD/ 18 WS 1754 ORD/ 151 QM/ 2005 FF/ 441 ASG 2028 FF/ 641 AMS ARC/ 817 AES RAF/ 1066 SC RCAF Fifth panel: IN MEMORIAM/ (Names)/ LEST WE FORGET On granite block in front of memorial, top: THIS/ GRANITE BOULDER/ WAS PART OF THE/ CONTROL TOWER Block, front face: 355TH FIGHTER GROUP/ A.A.F. STATION 122/ STEEPLE MORDEN/ JULY 1943 - JULY 1945

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