Memorial

Lashenden

cTrevor MAtthews 2011

Source: Copyright Trevor Matthews

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Current Location

Headcorn Aerodrome, Lashenden Air Warfare Museum, Headcorn Aerodrome, Shenley Road, Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, TN27 9HX, England

TQ 85184 42699

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 48154
Description: A rectangular tablet set into a brick wall with US Airforce and Royal Canadian Airforce Wings above the inscription in white lettering.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF ALL WHO/ SERVED FROM THIS AIRFIELD/ 1943-1944/353 SQN 355 SQN 356 SQN 403 SQN 421 SQN/ THEY RACED THE EAGLES, MOUNTING HIGH/ ABOVE THE UNFORGIVEN LANDS,/ THEY WROTE THEIR NAMES ACROSS THE SKY/ WITH FIERY HEARTS AND BURNING HANDS/ LEONARD TAYLOR. 1965

Tablet

Height: 460 mm

Width: 1010 mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good