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Reciprocal Links - 1940s Experience

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WW2 Headquarters 8th USAAF Fighter Command. WW2 School Visits Children at War. How to Find/Contact Us. The following web sites may be of help in planning your residential trip. This wonderful resource is available to your group during your visit to the Lincolnsfields Children's Centre. The safest, most comfortable high quality residential. Trips for School Holidays/Visits in South East England. The Lincolnsfields Children's Centre:. The website for the Lincolnsfields Children's Centre. The Swingsters tea...

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Past Times : Further Nayland Reminiscenses. The Society's chairman, Mike Hunter, introduced Chris Hunt, who is the third generation of Hunts in Nayland. His career was with the Fire Service. He is a bell ringer (Church Tower captain) and member of the Royal British Legion. David Slater then talked about Shaddelows Farm where his father took the tenancy in 1958. Sally Bartrum talked about living at the Anchor Inn as a child, her parents John and June Curtis took over the pub in 1956 until 1983. The rivers...

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2nd Air Division Memorial Library |

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2nd Air Division Memorial Library – The 8th in the East. About the 8th USAAF. 2nd Air Division Memorial Library. The 2nd Air Division Memorial Library grew from funds raised in 1945 by 2nd Air Division personnel, which were placed under the care of the Memorial Trust of the 2nd Air Division USAAF. In 1963, eighteen years after those original funds were raised, the 2nd Air Division Memorial Room was opened to the public, in the new Norwich Central Library. The Forum, Millennium Plain. Get Directions →.

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Locations – The 8th in the East. About the 8th USAAF. Bottisham was opened in 1940 as a Royal Air Force station. There were a number of tenant units that flew from this station at various times between 1940 and 1943 with a large variety of aircraft types, from Tiger Moths to Spitfires, and the RAF Mustang I. With the entry of the United States into …. Read More →. Halesworth Airfield Memorial Museum. Read More →. Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. Read More →. 306th Bomb Group Museum (Thurleigh).

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389th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibition (Hethel) |

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389th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibition (Hethel) – The 8th in the East. About the 8th USAAF. 389th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibition (Hethel). Hethel was built in 1942 for use by the USAAF as AAF Station 114 as was initially used as a staging airfield for units of the Twelfth Air Force deploying to North Africa. At this time, Hethel was also used as a training airfield for other B-24 Liberator groups in the Second Air Division of the Eighth Air Force. After the base was fully complete it was assigned to the 389.

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City of Norwich Aviation Museum |

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City of Norwich Aviation Museum – The 8th in the East. About the 8th USAAF. City of Norwich Aviation Museum. The airfield at RAF Horsham St Faith was developed in 1939 and opened in June 1940 as a base for Bomber Command. The base was developed with five C Type hangars, permanent brick and tiled buildings with central heating and accommodation buildings, all built to a high pre-war standard. FG were relocated to Halesworth, a move that was deeply unpopular with the group who had grown accustomed to the m...

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493rd Bomb Group Museum (Debach) |

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493rd Bomb Group Museum (Debach) – The 8th in the East. About the 8th USAAF. 493rd Bomb Group Museum (Debach). Debach was completed in April 1944 and the aircraft arriving on 10. May 1944, Debach was the last Eighth Air Force heavy bomber station to become operational with the group flying its first mission on D-Day 6th June 1944 equipped with the B-24 Liberator. It was unusual for a 3. Grove Farm, Clopton. Get Directions →. Times; Location Finder. 493rd Bomb Group Museum (Debach). 100th Bomb Group Memor...

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Rougham Control Tower Museum |

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Rougham Control Tower Museum – The 8th in the East. About the 8th USAAF. Rougham Control Tower Museum. Although built to accommodate heavy bombers, the first USAAF group to use Bury St. Edmunds airfield was the 47th Bombardment Group (Light) which arrived in mid-September 1942. The 47th was equipped with the Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber but the group quickly moved to Horham. Bury St Edmunds then became the home of 322. Bombardment Group (Heavy) flying the B-17 Flying Fortress. Flew a total of 316 combat mis...

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100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum (Thorpe Abbotts) |

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100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum (Thorpe Abbotts) – The 8th in the East. About the 8th USAAF. 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum (Thorpe Abbotts). Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived at Thorpe Abbotts on 9th June 1943. Beginning combat operations on June 22. Commanded by Robert Rosenthal. The 100th BG flew 306 missions that saw them attack airfields, German industrial targets, missile sites as well as undertaking tactical missions in support of the Normandy landings on June 6. Housed in the original airfield...