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3rd Air Division Stained Glass Window

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Details:

One of the stained glass windows in the church.   Commemorative Object  

A large stained glass window.

The window remembers the 3rd Air Division which was headquartered in the nearby Eleven Hall.  The 3rd Air Division was a subordinate unit of the 8th US Air Force.


Monument Text:

  The inscription at the base of the window reads:


IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF 
THE UNITED STATES THIRD AIR DIVISION
WHO BASED ON BRITAIN FELL WHILE ON AIR
OPERATIONS IN THE CAUSE OF WORLD FREEDOM

1942-1945


Commemorates:

Units:

3rd Air Division

8th Air Force

Wars:

WWII