Sawston Hall
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Object Number - UPL 5435 - Larry receiving his Captain’s bars presented to him by Brig. General Murray C. Woodbury on May 19, 1945 at Sawston Hall, Sawston, Cambrigeshire,...
Sawston Hall was requisitioned for use as the Headquarters of the 66th Fighter Wing, from the Huddleston family. There is graffiti on the top floor from the US occupation and an air-raid shelter in the grounds. It reverted to the Huddleston's at the end of the war and was sold by them in 1982 to a language school and was later sold on.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division 66th Fighter Wing Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-17421
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Fighter Wing Commander; Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Draftsman and sign builder
Revisions
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Office of History, Headquarters Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe; Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945, Revised and Expanded Edition (February1967, Revised October 1980).
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