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5th Emergency Rescue Squadron Memorial

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Details:

The extreme left memorial.


Marker

A grey granite stone tablet mounted on a base. Inscribed on the front face is the dedication message in Engish with 3 depictions of the 8th Air Force insignia (top-center), 5th Rescue Squadron insignia (mid-center), and the OA-10 Catalina amphibian aircraft (bottom-center).

 

In January 1945 the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron moved to Halesworth from RAF Boxted with special P-47s, OA-10 Catalina amphibians, and Boeing SB-17 Fortresses equipped with lifeboats for air-sea rescue work. The 5th ERS remained active, and it conducted many rescues until the end of hostilities.

Source of information: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

Source of images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, www.tracesofwar.com

Monument Text:

(-8th Air Force insignia-)

 

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF

THE 5TH EMERGENCY

RESCUE SQUADRON (U.S.A.A.F.)

 

(5th ERS insignia-)

 

THE 5TH E.R.S. CARRIED OUT SEARCH

AND RESCUE MISSIONS FROM HOLTON

AIRFIELD BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY 1945

PICKING UP DOWNED ALLIED AIRCREW

FROM THE PERILOUS NORTH SEA

OA10A CATALINA AMPHIBIAN

P47 THUNDERBOLT SPOTTER

BOAT CARRYING B17 FLYING FORTRESS

AIRCRAFT WERE USED

 

(-OA10A Catalina depiction-)

Commemorates:

Units:

5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

8th Air Force

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

Other images :