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A propeller from a B-17 Flying Fortress, mounted on a decorative panel of blue and red brick. Below it is a dedicatory metal plaque with the inscription in black lettering. Four small metal plaques with supporting information are placed either side of it. Two flagpoles with the Union flag and the flag of the USA are mounted onto the ends of the wall.

Title

Earls Colne Propeller Memorial

Date

2007

Accession number

CO6_TJ_S738

Acquisition method

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

15th August 2007

Access

at all times

Inscription description

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO / FOUGHT (AND IN MANY CASES DIED) FOR OUR / FREEDOM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. / IN PARTICULAR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO / SERVED HERE WITH THE FOLLOWING UNITS: UNIT TIMESPAN AIRCRAFT TYPE / 94TH BG USAAF MAY–JUNE 1943 B–17 FLYING FORTRESS / 323RD BG USAAF JUNE 1943–JULY 1944 B–26 MARAUDER / no. 38 GROUP RAF SEPT 1944–APRIL 1946 ALBEMARLE & HALIFAX / "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" / – SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEBT OWED TO ALLIED AIRMEN

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Honeywood, Earls Colne

CO6 2JU

Located at the Earls Colne Business Park Entrance, near Curds Road Junction.

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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