Memorial

34th Bomb Group USAAF - St Mary's

34th Bombardment Group USAF

Source: Copyright Francis Mullan

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, Church Road, Mendlesham, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP14 5SF, England

TM 10561 65807

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Wall
WMR Reference Number: 75176
Description: Wall with dedicatory tablet. Plaque depicts an airman leaning out of cockpit holding laurel wreath and the badge of 8th Air Force and 34th Bombardment Group.
Inscription: TO THE AMERICAN AIRMEN/ OF THE 34TH WHO, IN VALOUR/ GAVE THEIR LIVES TO THE VICTORY/ THAT MADE REAL THE CHALLENGE / FOR WORLD PEACE AND UNITY/ THE 34TH HEAVY BOMBARDMENT GROUP/ A UNIT OF THE UNITED STATES EIGHT AIR FORCE/ IN WORLD WAR II/ APRIL 1944 TO JUNE 1945/ MENDLESHAM AERODROME/ SUFFOLK

Costs: £27,000
Maintenance History: In January 2014 Mendlesham Parish Council started an appeal to relocate the former memorial (Ref. 4790) to land donated in the churchyard of St Mary’s Parish Church. A new design was commissioned and in November 2014 the new memorial was unveiled. It is constructed in brick and flint and the central plaque is carved in green slate, rather than bronze, to deter any future theft.

Dedicated

9 November 2014

Bishop of Richborough

Wall

Made from: Brick

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good