Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial
Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial

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The memorial consists of an angled plinth with an inscription etched onto the top and sides. On the front face of the memorial is an 8th Air Force badge in enamel and an etched depiction of a B24 Liberator aeroplane taking off. The whole memorial stands on a kerbed raised stone base. It was refurbished and rededicated in 2019.
Title

Harrington USAAF 801st/492nd (Carpetbaggers) War Memorial

Date

1987

Medium

granite

Accession number

NN14_RS_S017

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Carpetbagger Aviation Museum

Custodian

Carpetbagger Aviation Museum

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

19th September 1987

Access

at all times

Inscription description

front: THE UNITED STATES 8TH AIR FORCE / 801ST / 492ND BOMBARDMENT GROUPS / CARPETBAGGERS / FLEW CLANDESTINE NIGHT MISSIONS FROM THIS SECRET AIRFIELD / DURING WORLD WAR TWO IN BLACK B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS / DROPPING MUNITIONS AND SUPPLIES TO UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE FIGHTERS / IN NAZI OCCUPIED EUROPE / THEY PARACHUTED AND LANDED OSS AGENTS INTO BELGIUM, DENMARK / FRANCE THE NETHERLANDS NORWAY AND GERMANY / TO CARRY OUT ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES AGAINST ENEMY FORCES / THEY ALSO FLEW NIGHT BOMBING MISSIONS / 208 AMERICAN AIRCREWMEN GAVE THEIR LIVES FLYING FROM THIS AIRFIELD / 1944 1945 Side: 406th / 858th SQUADRON / 788th / 859th SQUADRON / 36th / 856th / SQUADRON / 850th / 857th SQUADRON; back: UNITED STATES 8th AIR FORCE / STATION 179 / AIR BASE SUPPORTING UNITS / (titles of supporting units)

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Located at

Unnamed Road, Harrington

NN14 1LN

Set back from the road, behind a hedge.