At the entrance after entering the airfield complex prior to the museum; it is next to a monument remembering the RFC and RAF that used also used this airfield.

An upright piece of marble with an inscribed brass plaque attached to the front overlooking the old airfield.

A bit about the 339^th Fighter Group form the American Air Museum Britain:

When the airfield was turned over to the USAAF, Fowlmere was expanded to meet the requirements of a complete fighter group. The airfield was assigned USAAF designation Station 378 It was allocated to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force fighter command.

The 339th Fighter Group arrived at Fowlmere from Rice AAF, California on 4 April 1944. The group was under the command of the 66th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. Aircraft of the group were identified by a red/white chequerboard pattern.

The group consisted of the following squadrons:

503d Fighter Squadron (D7)

504th Fighter Squadron (5Q)

505th Fighter Squadron (6N)

The 339th FG Began operations with a fighter sweep on 30 April. The unit engaged primarily in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress/Consolidated B-24 Liberator escort duties during its first five weeks of operations, and afterwards flew many escort missions to cover the operations of medium and heavy bombers that struck strategic objectives, interdicted the enemy's communications, or supported operations on the ground.

The group frequently strafed airfields and other targets of opportunity while on escort missions. the 339th received a Distinguished Unit Citation for operations on 10 and 11 September 1944. On the first of those days, when it escorted bombers to a target in Germany and then attacked an aerodrome near Erding, the group destroyed or damaged many enemy planes despite the intense fire it encountered from anti-aircraft guns and small arms. The following day the bomber formation being escorted to Munich was attacked by enemy fighters, but members of the 339th group destroyed a number of the interceptors and drove off the others and at the same time, other members of the 339th were attacking an airfield near Karlsruhe, where they encountered heavy fire but were able to destroy or damage many of the aircraft parked on the field.

The 339th provided fighter cover over the English Channel and the coast of Normandy during the invasion of France in June 1944. Strafed and dive-bombed vehicles, locomotives, marshalling yards, anti-aircraft batteries, and troops while Allied forces fought to break out of the beachhead in France. Attacked transportation targets as Allied armies drove across France after the breakthrough at Saint-Lô in July. Flew area patrols during the airborne attack on Holland in September. Escorted bombers to, and flew patrols over the battle area during the German counter attack in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge), December 1944-January 1945. Provided area patrols during the assault across the Rhine in March 1945.

Among all these varied activities, the outstanding feature of this group's combat record is the large number of enemy aircraft it destroyed in the air or on the ground during its one year of operations.

From the 339^th 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! 

See the 339TH Fighter Group Marker  and Fowlmere Airfield Museum on this website for more the 339th Fighter Group.

The text on the plaque is written in English.  The inscription on the plaque is surrounded by a map of the airfield and profile of a P-51 Mustang.

The inscription reads:

THE 339^TH FTR. GRP., 8^TH A.F.

FROM APRIL 1944 UNTIL OCTOBER 1945

Flew off the grass of Manor Farm to join our Allies in victory

Over Hitler’s forces in Europe.  The American men and women

Of this unit the village of Fowlmere gave the hospitality an

Support that made of those trying times a fond

Memory.  Here was our haven in that war.

(Inside the map of the airfield):

This plaque id dedicated to all who

Served in the 339^th Fighter Group

And its supporting units and their tireless providing of the Mustang

Sorties launched from here in the allied cause of freedom.  God 

bless all who knew those times 

and this place.

339 FTR. GRP. ASSN. 1985

(on the map):

Tower

339 HQ

503 FTR SQ

504 FTR SQ

505 FTR SQ

Station 

F 378

P-51 MUSTANG