Reference WMO/262845
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Stone (any)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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Inscription on Tablet: IN MEMORY OF THE 350,000 AMERICANS WHO/ SERVED IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1942 - 1945, AS MEMBERS/ OF THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE/ THEIR SACRIFICES - MORE THAN 26,000 DIED IN COMBAT - CONTRIBUTED IMMEASURABLY TO/ THE ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE - THEY SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN./ THE FOLLOWING MEDAL OF HONOUR RECIPIENTS TYPIFIED THAT SPECIAL COURAGE, DEVOTION/ TO DUTY AND CAN-DO SPIRIT DISPLAYED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE MIGHTY EIGHT/ (Names)/ DEDICATED THIS 28TH DAY OF MAY, 1984, ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TODAY'S EIGHTH AIR FORCE. Text on Interpretation Board nearby: UNITED STATES 8th AIR FORCE MEMORIAL/ STONE/ This monument commemorates all those who lost their lives whilst serving with the 8th Air/ Force in the United Kingdom between 1942 and 1945./ The memorial was first erected in a garden dedicated to the memory of the fallen at the/ Liverpool International Garden Festival in May 1984 by the 8th Air Force Historical Society:/ redevelopment of the site has resulted in its re-location at Hendon/ The aircraft featured on the tablet are, from top to bottom, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress,/ Consolidated B24 Liberator, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Lockheed P-36 Lightning and/ North American P-51 Mustang./ The memorial was produced and donated to the 8th AFHS by the Shreveport Monument/ Company
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