Memorial

Staplehurst Advanced Landing Ground

Julie Brewer 03 04 2012

Source: Copyright Julie Brewer 03 04 2012

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Current Location

Next to WMR 74284 - Staplehurst - American Airmen Memorial., Chittenden Farm, Chickenden Lane, Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent, TN12 0DP, England

TQ 81122 43579

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 62066
Description: Rectangular plaque set on a stone wall. The badges of the various squadrons are set at the top with the plan of the airfield and a compass in between. Below is a picture of a P-51 Mustang with the dedication below.
Inscription: STAPLEHURST/ ADVANCED LANDING GROUND Badge top left: 126 AIRFIELD/ 83 GROUP/ 2nd TACTICAL/ AIR FORCE. Three badges below left: 401, 411, 412/ SQUADRONS/ ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. Badge top right: STATION 413/ 9th ARMY/ AIR FORCE. Below right: 363rd FIGHTER GROUP/ 380th, 381st, 382nd/ FIGHTER SQUADRONS. Below: THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES/ THE CANADIAN AND AMERICAN PILOTS AND THEIR GROUND CREWS/ STATIONED AT CHICKENDEN FARM AND SPILLS HILL FARM,/ STAPLEHURST ADVANCED LANDING GROUND/ 1943-1944/ IN PREPARATION FOR/ 'OPERATION OVERLORD'/ THE NORMANDY 'D'-DAY LANDINGS/ WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO TOOK PART AND THOSE WHO MADE/ THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE./ They shall grow not old as we who are left grow old/ Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn/ At the going down of the sun and in the morning/ We will remember them.

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Wall

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good