351st Bomber Group USAAF (United States Army Air Force)

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Reference WMO/217353

Address:

Former airfield

Hemington Lodge Road off Lutton Road

Polebrook

PE8 5LY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Polebrook Airfield, memorial car park : The memorial is sign-posted from Lutton Rd. Main memorial formed by a large rectangular plinth surmounted by a pyramid. Badges are on the sides. Smallest tablet is set into the ground a short distance in front of pyramid memorial. Inscription in white lettering on main memorial & incised lettering on tablet. Squadron badges on the front of main memorial & a motif of a B-17 on front of base. Map showing runways on tablet. Heading from Polebrook to Lutton after approximately 3.5 kms turn right where sign-posted. After approximately 1 km the gateway to the memorial park is on the right. The exact National Grid Reference is TL 10000 86793
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Main memorial : IN MEMORY OF THE 351ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY) EIGHTH UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE. 311 GROUP COMBAT BOMBING MISSIONS WERE FLOWN FROM THIS AIRFIELD OVER OCCUPIED EUROPE BETWEEN 1943-1945 / 175 B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES AND THEIR CREWS WERE LOST. (...) ENEMY AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT 1943 1945 Smaller tablet : USAAF STATION HQ POLEBROOK THIS MONUMENT AND PLAQUE STAND ON A SECTION OF THE ORIGINAL MAIN RUNWAY WHICH EXTENDED 260 (DEGREES) WEST FROM THIS POINT

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