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An A-20 Havoc (G) visiting Bassingbourn, home of the 91st Bomb Group, 1944. Image by Armando J Sinibaldo, 91st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Boston Bassingbourn, 1944.'
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 September 2014 15:29:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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