Month: April 2015

RAF Thorpe Abbots

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RAF Thorpe Abbotts was built during 1942-1943 for the Royal Air Force, but the expanding 8th Air Force took over instead. The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) flew the B-17 Flying Fortress as part of the 8th’s strategic bombing campaign. Some of the remaining buildings including the control tower form the nucleus form the 100th’s Memorial Museum. The grounds are spotless and very much reminiscent of how they probably looked in WW2. All it’s missing are the painfully young fliers and ground crews.
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RAF Deopham Green

RAF Deopham Green: 452nd Bomb Group Memorial

The airfield at Deopham Green became the home of various commands including military police, weather, quartermaster corps, ordnance and supply divisions, and the 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy) with its complement of B-17’s. The 457th BG entered service on February 5, 1944 in preparation for D-Day. Today the airfield is completely returned to farming, although one runway has been narrowed to become a road. This monument is one of the few indicators that heroic aviators flew from here.
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