USAAF Memorial Upper Holton

This memorial consists of three memorial stones.

The text on the first memorial reads:
THE 5TH CARRIED OUT SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS FROM HOLTON AIRFIELD BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY 1945
PICKING UP DOWNED ALLIED AIRCREW FORM THE PERILIOUS NORTH SEA
OA10A CATALINA AMPHIBIAN
P47 THUNDERBOLT SPOTTER
BOAT CARRYING B17 FLYING FORTRESS
AIRCRAFT WERE USED

The text on the second memorial reads:
ZEMKE'S WOLFPACK
56th
FIGHTER GROUP

THIS 8th AIR FORCE GROUP WAS STATIONED
HERE AT HALESWORTH AIR STATION 365
JULY 8, 1943 UNTIL APRIL 18 1944
THE 56th GROUP, KNOWN AS ZEMKE'S WOLFPACK,
ESTABLISHED A RECORD OF COMBAT PERFORMANCE
UNEQUALED IN U.S. AIRFORCE FIGHTER HISTORY.

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE PILOTS, THE GROUND
FORCE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 56th GROUP AND THE
SUPPORTING UNITS OF THE 33rd SERVICE GROUP
BY THE PEOPLE OF HALESWORTH

The text on the third memorial reads:
DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED HERE WITH THE 489TH BOMB GROUP (USAAF) ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY

THE 489TH GROUP WAS STATIONED AT HALESWORTH AIR FIELD FROM APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1944, AND FLEW 106 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS IN B24 LIBERATOR HEAVY BOMBERS.
COLONEL EZEKIEL W. NAPIER, COMMANDER.

THE LORD SAID LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD. MATTHEW 2,8-20

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Source

• Text: Arjan Vrieze
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze