Memorial Grove Airfield

Text on the memorial at the former runway, which was the longest runway in Europe in WWII:
ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION GROVE 1942–1960 U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE STATION NO 519 1943–1945 HOME OF THE 31st TRANSPORT GROUP
87th, 313th, 314th Transport Squadron 310th, 325th, 326th Ferrying Squadron 806th, 811th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron

THE 31st TRANSPORT GROUP FLYING FROM GROVE AIRFIELD PARTICIPATED IN FIVE CAMPAIGNS
NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE
THE MISSION, TRANSPORTING PRIORITY CARGO AND PASSENGERS, FERRYING AIRCRAFT AND EVACUATING WOUNDED
IN HONOR OF COLONEL CARL R FELDMANN FIRST COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 31st TRANSPORT GROUP AND ALL WHO SERVED IN THE GROUP
Dedicated 2nd October 1998

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Graham Horn