61st Troop Carrier Group
Group
Barkston Heath
Military site : airfield
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C-47 Skytrains of the 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Barkston Heath? Saltby?'
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Aerial photograph of Barkston Heath airfield looking north, the control tower and technical site are above the barrack sites at the bottom, 3 April 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/117. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
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Aerial photograph of Barkston Heath airfield looking north, there are six T2 hangars on the right, 3 April 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/117. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
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Aerial photograph of Barkston Heath airfield looking west, the technical site and barrack sites are on the left, the bomb dump is on the right, 18 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC282. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
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Aerial photograph of Barkston Heath airfield looking west, the technical site and barrack sites are on the left, the bomb dump is on the right, there are six T2 hangars at the bottom of the airfield, 18 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC282. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
Barkston Heath was established as a grass Relief Landing Ground for RAF Cranwell in 1941-43, before being developed with hard runways for RAF Bomber Command in 1943-44. It was used by the transport aircraft of the Ninth Air Force's 61st Troop Carrier Group and 349th Troop Carrier Group, before being handed back to the RAF in 1945. It is still an RAF airfield today.
Service
Units
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78th Service Group
Group
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62nd Troop Carrier Group
Group
The Group was only in England to carry out further training exercises before joining the Twelfth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater. Over the course of the war, the Group flew in paratroops, military and medical supplies and propaganda leaflets.... -
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21st Weather Squadron
Squadron
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302nd Service Squadron
Squadron
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313th Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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40th Mobile Communications Squadron
Squadron
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People
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William Booth
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot
Bill Booth was a glider pilot stationed at Barkston Heath, probably as part of the 61st Troop Carrier Group. He took part in Operation 'Market Garden' in September 1944. ... -
Lewis Frederick
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Squadron Commander | 61st Troop Carrier Group
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Pete Lonchar
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 61st Troop Carrier Group
Died when his C-109 crashed on 8 January 1945, narrowly missing Harling Farm. -
Edwin Tester
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | 61st Troop Carrier Group
'I flew out of Barkston Heath from Feb 1944 to about March 1945 when the 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron was moved to Abbelville Fr. As one of 3 original members of the 53rd in Spirng (April/ May). ... -
Eileen X Not yet known
Civilian
Eileen had a day out at Barkston Heath on 29 July 1944 when she was the guest of the 14th Troop Carrier Squadron. It was also her 10th birthday. ... -
Ronald X Not yet known
Civilian
Ronald had a day out at Barkston Heath on 29 July 1944 when he was the guest of the 14th Troop Carrier Squadron. ...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994) Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, Action Stations 2: Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands (Cambridge, 1984) |
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