- Type of Memorial
- Stone of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 316
- Description
- Marble stone flanked by US and british flags. Outline of B17 Flying Fortress with, left, 8th Air Force badge, top, unidentifed USAAF insignia and , right, badge of the 379th BG (Heavy).
- Inscription
- SITE OF UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE STATION 117/ KIMBOLTON AIRFIELD/ 20TH MAY 1943 TO 4TH JULY 1945/ FROM THIS BASE THE 379TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY)/ A UNIT OF THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE/ FLEW 33O COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE B-17 "FLYING FORTRESS"/ TO DESTROY TARGETS IN GERMANY AND OCCUPIED EUROPE/ DURING WORLD WAR II/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED/ COMMANDERS/ COLONEL MAURICE A. PRESTON, NOVEMBER 1942 TO OCTOBER 1944/
COLONEL LEWIS E. LYLE, OCTOBER 1944 TO MAY 1945
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379th BOMB GROUP (H)
FLIGHT SQUADRONS 524, 525, 526. 527 & SUPPORT UNITS
TWO DISTINGUISHED / UNIT CITATIONS / GERMANY JAN. 11, 1944 / & CONTINENTAL EUROPE / MAY 19, 1943 THROUGH / JULY 31, 1944
330 COMBAT MISSIONS / IN B-17'S / 26460 BOMB TONS / 10492 SORTIES / 141 LOST / IN ACTION
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BASE OF OPERATIONS WITH 8th AIR FORCE / AAF STATION 117 / KIMBOLTON, HUNTINGDONSHIRE, ENGLAND / MAY 21, 1943 - JUL 12, 1945
The First Three Sections Of This Memorial Wall / Have Been Donated By Those Men Who Served In The 379th / "IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO PAIR / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE" / Sections Four and Five were added by the 379th, Jun 1984.