USAAF Memorial, Leiston Airfield, Suffolk

This memorial to the 357th and 358th Fighter Groups is at Leison Airfield in Suffolk.

 

REMEMBERING THE UNITS OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCE WHO OPERATED FROM THIS AIRFIELD NOVEMBER 1943 TO JULY 1945

 

ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM FAR FROM THEIR HOMES AND LOVED ONES GAVE THEIR LIVES

 

"THEY FLEW AWAY AS EAGLES TOWARDS HEAVEN" WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

 

STATION 373

 

358TH FIGHTER GROUP

29 NOVEMBER 1943 TO FEBRUARY 1944

 

357TH FIGHTER GROUP

1 FEBRUARY 1944 TO 5 JULY 1945

 

 

ERECTED BY FRIENDS OF LEISTON AIRFIELD SEPTEMBER 1997

 

 

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