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Title
388th USAAF Bomber Group Memorial
Date
1986
Medium
granite
Accession number
IP31_TJ_S054
Acquisition method
survivors of the 388th USAAF Bomb Group
Work type
War memorial
Owner
388th USAAF Bomb Group Association
Custodian
388th USAAF Bomb Group Association
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
1st May 1986
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on plaque: IN FOND MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF THE 388TH BOMB GROUP (H) / WHO FLYING FROM THIS FIELD SERVED WITH HONOUR AND / DIED BRAVELY IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. / THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED ON MAY 1 1986 BY SURVIVORS / OF 388 BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H); on memorial: UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES / 388th BOMB GROUP (H) / RAF KNETTISHALL STATION 136 / 23 JUNE 1943 - 5 AUGUST 1945. FORTRESS FOR FREEDOM / 306 MISSIONS 8051 SORTIES / 191 AIRCRAFT LOST 524 KILLED / 222 ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED 801 PRISONERS