The left hand monument.

A vertical rectangular, granite block monument, inscribed in English text, incised in yellow lettering on the front and back. The US flag is printed in colors on the top-front view. Also on the front lists brief info about the arrival, numbers of missions and sorties done by the group, achievements and awards received, as well as the number of casualties and POWs, and the number of planes that were lost during combat/training. Inscribed on the back is a dedication message.

Source of images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register

Front side:

303rd BOMB GROUP (H)

8th AIR FORCE

ARRIVED UK - 12 SEP 42

FIRST COMBAT MISSION 17 NOV 42

LAST COMBAT MISSION 25 APR 45

364 COMBAT MISSIONS

(THE MOST OF ANY 8AF B-17 GROUP)

10,721 SORTIES

378 ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED

FIRST 8AF B-17 TO REACH

25 MISSIONS - "HELL'S ANGLES"

FIRST 8AF B-17 TO REACH

50 AND 75 MISSIONS - "KNOCKOUT- OUT DROPPER"

FIRST 8AF BOMB GROUP TO REACH

300 MISSIONS - 9 JAN 45

DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION

FOR MISSION 11 JAN 44

303rd BOMB GROUP AIRMEN AWARDED

THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR

1LT JACK MATHIS - 18 MAR 43

TSGT FORREST VOSLER - 20 DEC 43

841 KILLED IN ACTION

747 TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR

210 B-17's LOST (COMBAT AND TRAINING)

Back side:

He lived to bear his country's arms.

He died to save its honour.

He was a soldier and he knew a soldier's duty.

His sacrifice will help to keep aglow

the flaming torch that lights our lives,

that millions yet unborn

may know the priceless joy of liberty.

And we who pay him homage

and revere his memory,

in solemn pride rededicate ourselves

to a complete fulfilment of the task

for which he so gallantly has placed his life

upon the alter (sic) of man's freedom.