A metal sign, 17 x 9 in., brown-painted with white lettering reading: ‘Debach Airfield 493 BG H’. This sign hung at the entrance of the airfield, which was the last Eighth RAF heavy bomber station to become operational: the group flying its first mission on D-Day 6th June 1944. The B-24 Liberators completed 46 missions, B-17 Flying Fortress, 111 missions bringing the total of the 493rd to 157, the last on April 20, 1945. Paint is about 90% intact, and in very good condition.