445th Bomber Group Plaque
Details:
Inside the church.
The plaque remembers the 445th Bomber Group which flew from the nearby RAF Tibenham during WW2.
PlaqueA brass inscribed plaque.
Monument Text:
Text on the plaque:
445TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
2ND COMBAT WING. 2ND AIR DIVISION
8TH UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF 568 AIRMEN WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO SERVED
WITH THE 445TH BOMB GROUP FIGHTING
FOR THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE
DURING WORLD WAR II
THE 445TH BOMB GROUP FLEW 280
COMBAT MISSIONS FROM
THE TIBENHAM AIRFIELD
NOV, 4, 1943 - MAY, 28, 1945
Commemorates:
Units:
2nd Air Division
2nd Combat Wing
445th Bomber Group (Heavy)
700th Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
701st Bomb Squadon, 445th Bomb Group
702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
703rd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomb Group (H)
8th Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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