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Memorial Zemke's Wolfpack 56th Fighter Group

(UK: England - Suffolk - Upper Holton (Halesworth))

The following text is displayed on the memorial:
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

Source

• Text: Arjan Vrieze
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze