Madna Airfield- 52nd Fighter Group Memorial
Details:
Just off the road under the brown information sign. Monument
A white concrete inscribed monument about 4 feet high.
The memorial remembers the Madna Airfield where the 52nd Fighter Group - "Yellow Tails" operated in 1944/1945 with the 15th US Air Force. The 52nd Fighter Group consisted of the 2nd (American Beagle Squadron), 4th and 5th Fighter Squadrons.
Special thanks to G. Marini for assistance with this memorial. Giuseppe is a local historian of World War II allied aviation in Campomarino (Molise region, Italy ) and re-discoverer of Ramitelli, Madna and Martino airfields.
Monument Text:
MADNA
AIRFIELD
WWII -52ND FIGHTER GROUP
2ND, 4TH AND 5TH FS
15TH AF USAAF MT
MAY 1944-2024
In memory of the Airmen and their Group Commanders Col Robert Levine, Feb. 27, 1944 and Col Marion Malcolm, Aug 25, 1944. They battled for the freedom of all European nations.
Madna Airfield
Campomarino May 27, 2024
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Air Force
2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group
4th Fighter Squadron
52nd Fighter Group
5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group
Wars:
WWII
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