493rd Bomb Group (H) Plaque
Details:
On the east side of the road, at the base of the village name sign.
A bronze plaque inscribed in English text and high relief which features a B24 Liberator and a B17 Flying Fortress, both of which flew from Debach as part of the 8th United States Army Air Force's strategic bombing campaign of Nazi Germany. The Airfield opened in April 1944 and the last mission, an attack on marshalling yards at Nauen, Germany, took place on 20 April 1945. Part of one of the runways still exists and there is a museum run by local volunteers.
Source of information and images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, https://www.geograph.org.uk
Monument Text:
THE 493RD BOMB GOUP (H)
HONORS
THOSE WHO SERVED
AND THOSE WHO DIED
1944 - 1945
Commemorates:
Units:
493rd Bomb Group (Heavy)
860th Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group
861st Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group
862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group
863rd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group (Heavy)
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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