Bisterne

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Bisterne airfield, looking north, 17 January 1947. Photograph taken by No. 82 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CPE/UK/1930. English Heritage (RAF Photography). eh-19.jpg RAF_CPE_UK_1930_RS_4157 Aerial photograph of Bisterne airfield, looking north, 17 January 1947. Photograph taken by No. 82 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CPE/UK/1930. English Heritage (RAF Photography). Historic England

IWM, English Heritage Collection

Object Number - RAF_CPE_UK_1930_RS_4157 - Aerial photograph of Bisterne airfield, looking north, 17 January 1947. Photograph taken by No. 82 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CPE/UK/1930. English...

Built as an Advanced Landing Ground for the RAF in 1943, it was developed for use by the Ninth Air Force in 1943-1944. The 371st Fighter Group used the airfield, before it was closed and returned to agriculture in 1944-45.

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Aircraft

42-75252

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 371st Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 405th Fighter Squadron

44-200284

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 371st Fighter Group 404th Fighter Squadron

44-20097

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 371st Fighter Group 406th Fighter Squadron

44-20201

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 371st Fighter Group 404th Fighter Squadron
A P-47 Thunderbolt (8N-J, serial number 44-32979) of the 371st Fighter Group in flight.

44-32979

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 371st Fighter Group 405th Fighter Squadron

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994)

Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 5: Military Airfields of the South-West (Cambridge, 1982)

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