315th Troop Carrier Group War Memorial at Spanhoe Airfield is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 2015. War memorial.
315th Troop Carrier Group War Memorial at Spanhoe Airfield
- WRENN ID
- broken-column-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- 315th Troop Carrier Group War Memorial at Spanhoe Airfield, Laxton, Harringworth, NN17 3AT
- OS grid reference
- SP 936 962
- Coordinates
- 52.55608, -0.62033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 315th Troop Carrier Group War Memorial at Spanhoe Airfield is a limestone obelisk approximately 2.5 meters high, featuring a traditional design. The obelisk is set on an out-sailing cornice of a square-sectioned plinth, which stands on a shallow square base surrounded by flagstones.
A bronze dedication plaque on the front face of the lower part of the obelisk provides a brief history of the airfield’s wartime use, stating that from 1944 to 1945, the squadrons of the 315th Troop Carrier Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces flew from this site on airborne missions to Normandy, Arnhem, and the Rhine for the liberation of Western Europe and the defense of freedom. This plaque was erected by the World War II 315th Troop Carrier Association in 1983.
Additionally, on the front face of the plinth, there is a second bronze plaque listing the names of those who died in service while flying out of Spanhoe Airfield, inscribed with "THOSE WHO GAVE ALL" followed by 54 names and the phrase "REST IN PEACE."
On the left face of the obelisk, a small bronze badge represents the 315th Troop Carrier Group, while the right face features a small bronze badge of IX Troop Carrier Command.
Local climate
315th Troop Carrier Group War Memorial at Spanhoe Airfield sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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