In the side yard of the building located on the northeast side of the airfield apron.

A concrete monument in the shape of a truncated hexagonal pyramid into which panels are inserted on each side. The main panel contains the dedication message and the rest contain various service division insignia. Behind the monument is a raised flower bed laid out in semi-circle.

On the night of the 5th of June 1944 at precisely 23:52, the first of 72 aircraft, part of the "Neptune Boston" formation, left Barkston Heath with the 82nd and the 101st "Screaming Eagles" Airborne Divisions on board, bound for Normandy and the liberation of Europe.

On the night of the 17th September 1944, aircraft of the 9th again delivered, this time the troops of the British 1st Airborne Division, their destination a small town in Holland better know now as Arnhem.

Barkston Heath has been chosen for the location of the monument as it is the only operational surviving wartime Airborne station still in service.

Source of information: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, http://www.design-phoenix.com

Source of images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register

Main plaque:

DEDICATED TO

COMMEMORATE THE

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE

TROOP CARRIER GROUPS

UNITED STATES 82ND, 101ST

AIRBORNE DIVISIONS

AND ALL THE NATIONALITIES

SERVING UNDER

THE BRITISH

1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

WHO IN 1944

DEPLOYED FROM THE AIRFIELDS

OF SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE

TO SPEARHEAD THE

ASSAULT THAT LED

TO THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE