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The immensely impressive memorial is set between two flag posts, flying the American and British flags. One of the 96th's B- 17 flying fortress' lifts off over the mound marking the edge of Snetterton racetrack, with a huge vapour trail from each of its four engines. The intentions were set out in the planning application (undated) on their website. The 96th Bomb Group decided to erect the memorial to supplement the memorial Learning Centre and Museum at New Eccles Hall School and chapel and stained-glass window in the south nave of St Andrew Quidenham, unveiled in 1944, to achieve ‘an outstanding memorial and lasting historical marker to the former airfield and the men who served there. Noting that it was particularly significant since, unlike many other former U.
Title
Memorial to the USAAF 96th Bomb Group (H)
Date
1999–2001
Medium
steel & concrete
Measurements
H 1200 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 1200 x W 1200 x D (?) cm
Accession number
NR16_RHT_S776
Work type
Monument
Owner
Snetterton Racetrack/96th Bomb Group
Custodian
Snetterton Racetrack/96th Bomb Group
Work status
extant
Listing date
17/05/02
Access
at all times
