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This aircraft was repaired and returned to combat duty. The combat record of the 379th was the most successful of all the Eighth Air Force heavy bomber groups. It held records as far as bomb tonnage dropped — 26,459 tons — more than any other unit including those operational before the 379th arrived in the UK.
RAF Sudbury was opened in 1944 and was built as a standard Class A heavy bomber airfield, with three intersecting concrete runways of standard lengths, fifty hardstands and two T2 hangars, to meet the USAAF bomber requirements. The airfield had a slight gradient towards the north-east and was constructed on what had been farmland.
Tibenham became home to the 445th Bombardment Group (Heavy) of the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force. The 445th arrived from Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa on 4 November 1943. [4] The 445th was assigned to the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, and the group tail code was a "Circle-F". [5] Its operational squadrons were:
The technical site is in use as an industrial estate, with many of the World War II Nissen huts in use. In 1976, a project was undertaken to restore the derelict control tower. The tower was finally dedicated as the 390thBombardment Group Memorial Air Museum on 13 May 1981.
RAF Shipdham was the first US heavy bomber base in Norfolk and was also the continuous host to Consolidated B-24 Liberators longer than any other Eighth Air Force combat airfield in Britain - from October 1942 to late 1945.
The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn: The 91st Bombardment Group in World War II. ISBN 0-88740-810-9. Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Maurer, M. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. USAF ...
This aircraft completed 67 missions. A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of the 490th Bomb Group moves into takeoff position at Eye. The airfield was opened on 1 May 1944 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force 490th Bombardment Group (Heavy).
A brick pentacle and plaque commemorating the site. Camp Griffiss was a US military base in the United Kingdom during and after World War II.Constructed within the grounds of Bushy Park in Middlesex (now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames), England, it served as the European Headquarters for the United States Army Air Forces from July 1942 to December 1944.