USAAF 447th Bomb Group - Rattlesden Airfield

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Reference WMO/262540

Address:

Unnamed Road north of Hightown Green

Crown Street

Rattlesden

Bury St. Edmunds

IP30 0SX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: US Armed Forces Geographical Marker: Stone tablet to the bomb group based at Rattlesden Air base in WW2
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A nowy headed black granite memorial, the head the letter K within a square (The station tail fin marking). THIS MEMORIAL / is dedicated to the men / of the 447th Bomb Group / and their supporting units / in remembrance and / gratitude of their fight / in the cause of freedom / from Rattlesden Airfield / (Station 126) / 1943 - 1945. [Below is a head-on image of a Flying Fortress. At each corner is a Squadron emblem representing each of the four Squadrons.] This memorial was dedicated on the 3rd of June 1984

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