339th Fighter Group Marker- Fowlmere Airfield
Details:
Just outside and behind the Fowlmere Airfield Museum. Marker
A small-engraved granite marker about 2 feet high is next to the building.
From the 339th Fighter Group Association: The 339th Fighter Group's base was Fowlmere, England The Group flew its first combat mission on April 30, 1944; its last on April 21, 1945. Its C.O. was Col. John B. Henry until April 14, 1945; Lt. Col. William C. Clark afterwards. The 339th ranked 1st in the 8th Air Force Fighter Command in combat efficiency for the average number of enemy aircraft destroyed per mission for both combined (air-ground)-2.488 and ground-1.604! The 339th was composed of three squadrons: 503rd; 504th and 505th.
See the 339TH Fighter Group Memorial and Fowlmere Airfield Museum on this website for more the 339thFighter Group.
Monument Text:
The text on the small marker outside the museum reads in English:
HOME AT LAST
BLUE SKIES FOREVER
DEDICATED 28TH JULY 2018
339TH FIGHTER GROUP
ASSOCIATION
(White and Red Checkers across the bottom – Hence, “The Chequers”)
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339th Fighter Group
503rd Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group
504th Fighter Squadron
504th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group
505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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