401st BG(H): memorials at Deenethorpe station 128
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6 жыл бұрынRecent videos and photos of the memorials to the Mighty Eighth USAAF based at Deenethorpe 1943-1945: the 401st Bombardment Group (Heavy), comprising the 612th, 613th, 614th and 615th Bomb Squadrons. The principal memorial is very close to the site of the airfield, with a second memorial located in the local church two miles away.
Further details from www.mighty8thmemorials.uk/
@buckappel6835 5 жыл бұрын
Thank You for not forgetting! My father served on this base as a military policeman. He was only 19 years old at the time. His father father fought in WW-I, his great grandfather fought at Cold Harbor during the Civil war and his son ( me) fought in Vietnam.
@themightyeighthmemorialsin5640 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Buck. The service and sacrifice of those young Americans is still remembered with gratitude by many here in UK.
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