Raymond E. King Plaque
Details:
Affixed on the outside wall, above the main entrance to the tower.
A rectangular, slate plaque, inscribed in English in white lettering, dedicated to F/O Raymond E. King whose aircraft crashed into the sea near Clacton, Essex in 1945. The plaque is also dedicated to all who died for freedom from 1939-1945. Another plaque for F/O King is located at Albany Gardens in Clacton-On-Sea. Link: https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/site_details.php?SiteID=1913&keyword=albany
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Monument Text:
THIS TOWER IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
RAYMOND E. KING
PILOT 479TH F/G
8TH U.S.A.A.F.
AND ALL THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
1939-1945
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
436th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group
479th Fighter Group
8th Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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