Text on the memorial:
REMEMBERING
THE UNITS OF THE
US ARMY AIR FORCE
WHO OPERATED
FROM THIS AIRFIELD
NOVEMBER 1943
TO JULY 1945
"THEY FLEW AWAY
AS EAGLES
TOWARDS HEAVEN"
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
IN THE FIGHT
FOR FREEDOM FAR
FROM THEIR HOMES
AND LOVED ONES
GAVE THEIR LIVES
385TH FIGHTER GROUP
29 NOVEMBER 1943 TO
1 FEBRUARY 1944
LEISTON AIRFIELD
STATION 373
357TH FIGHTER GROUP
1 FEBRUARY 1944 TO
8 JULY 1945
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