Memorial

4th Fighter Group USAAF

4th Fighter Group 8th Air Force memorial (context)

Source: Copyright Clive Regis

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Current Location

(Now an Army Base; Carver Barracks). What3Words reference is- endlessly.loved.fishery, Debden Airfield, Water Lane, Debden, Uttlesford, Essex, CB11 3JY, England

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TL 56504 34340

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 45828
Description: Stepped base surmounted by tapered stone, on the front face of which is mounted a metal plaque bearing the inscription in relief lettering. At top-centre of the plaque are 6 repousse stars; at the foot of the plaque is a repousse depiction of the 8th Air Force Badge of the United States Army Air Force.
Inscription: RAF DEBDEN WAS HOME OF THE 4TH FIGHTER GROUP,/ 8TH AIR FORCE, US ARMY AIR FORCE WWII, FROM/ SEPTEMBER 1942 TO SEPTEMBER 1945./ VANGUARD YANKS OF THE 71ST, 121ST AND 133RD RAF/ EAGLE SQUADRONS AND THEIR SPITFIRES TRADED RAF/ BLUES FOR US ARMY OLIVES TO BECOME THE 4TH/ FIGHTER GROUP./ LONG RANGING THUNDERBOLTS, LATER MUSTANGS WERE TO/ HELP A DEDICATED 4TH GROUP ACHIEVE THE MOST/ VICTORIES OVER ENEMY AIRCRAFT IN THE ENTIRE US/ ARMY AIR FORCE -1016 ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED./ IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR COMRADES WHO WERE NOT TO/ SEE THE WAR'S END, AND OF ANGLO-AMERICAN ENDEAVORS/ TO A COMMON CAUSE, WE, SURVIVORS OF THE 4TH FIGHTER/ GROUP, HUMBLY DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL.

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Additional Information: No names recorded on the memorial.

History

Maintenance History: 2015: In 2015 this memorial to the 4th Fighter Group USAAF was moved from its former location (in the Guard Room on the airfield) to its current position, to form a collective memorial area at the end of the north-south runway of the former airfield; also within that memorial area are a freestanding wall to which a plaque is attached (which jointly commemorates British and American aircrew who served at RAF Debden during WW2), and a "Pickett-Hamilton fort" (several of which were erected in WW2, to protect the airfield).

Conservation

Components

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Pillar

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

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4th Fighter Group USAAF

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4th Fighter Group USAAF

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Conservation

Components

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