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Beauvoir, France
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Beccles
Military site : airfield
Beccles was built for the Eighth Air Force in 1943-44 but not used. RAF and Fleet Air Arm units occupied the base from 1944-45, providing Air Sea Rescue support. It closed 1945 and re-opened as Beccles Heliport 1965. The private Beccles Airfield has... -
Bedford
Military site : non-airfield
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Beeston
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Belandah
Military site : airfield
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Belfast
Military site : non-airfield
An Eighth Air Force Composite Command base. -
Belton
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Ben Nevis
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Benina
Military site : airfield
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Bentwaters
Military site : airfield
Built for Eighth Air Force use in 1943-44, and originally named Butley. Surplus to 8AF requirements, Bentwaters saw wartime use by the RAF, and from 1951 to 1993 was used by US Air Forces Europe (USAFE). -
Berca
Military site : airfield
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Bernay Airfield, France
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Bertreaux
Military site : airfield
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Beuzeville
Military site : airfield
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Biblis
Military site : airfield
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Biest-Houtakker
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Big Spring Army Air Field
Military site : airfield
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Biggin Hill
Military site : airfield
An RAF Station with US lodger units. USAAF Spitfires and P-38s were attached to RAF No 11 Group stations in mid-1942 for training; also used for special operations by British and US forces. -
Biggs Field
Military site : airfield
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Birch
Military site : airfield
Allocated to Eighth Air Force 1942 and built for Ninth Air Force use in 1943-1944, Birch was the temporary home of the 410th Bomb Group. It was an Eighth Air Force reserve airfield from 1944-1945, and used briefly by the RAF at the end of the war. It... -
Birmingham
Military site : non-airfield
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Bishopstrow
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Mobile Repair and Reclamation Squadrons were based here. Exact location unknown. -
Bishop’s Stortford
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Biskra
Military site : airfield
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Bisterne
Military site : airfield
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. -
Black Hameldon, Burnely
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Blakehill Farm
Military site : airfield
Allocated to the Ninth Air Force but not used. -
Blandford Camp
Military site : non-airfield
Blandford Camp was first used for military purposes in the 18th Century, and served as a training ground for local volunteer units of the British Army. The site was used throughout the First World War as a Base Depot for the Royal Naval Division, and... -
Blechhammer South
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Blyth battery
Military site : non-airfield
The bombardment of Hartlepool in December 1916 by the German High Seas Fleet killing 86 civilians and injuring 424 was a turning point for coastal defence. It prompted the development of a wider coastal defence plan, and construction of a battery at... -
Boca Raton Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
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Bocking B-17 Memorial
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Bodney
Military site : airfield
Before the Americans arrived Bodney was a grass-surfaced airfield. So when the 352nd Fighter Group arrived with heavy P-47 Thunderbolts, work was carried out to strengthen its roads and runways with steel matting, concrete and tarmac. Nissen huts also... -
Boeing Field
Military site : airfield
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Bois Hall
Military site : non-airfield
The old Hall buildings were enlarged at the turn of the 18th Century. -
Boisleux-au-Mont
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Bolleville
Military site : airfield
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Bolling Field
Military site : airfield
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Bone
Military site : airfield
During World War II the airport was known as Bone Airfield, and was used by the German Luftwaffe. Later captured by the United States Army, the USAAF Twelfth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in 1942-1943.... -
Bordeaux/ Merignac
Military site : airfield
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Boreham
Military site : airfield
Built in 1943-1944, it was used by B-26 Marauder bombers of the Ninth Air Force's 394th Bomb Group in 1944. The 315th Troop Carrier Group were temporary lodgers at the airfield in 1945, shortly before it closed.... -
Borkum Island
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Bottesford
Military site : airfield
Built as an RAF bomber station during 1940-41 and improved in 1943, Bottesford eventually had three concrete runways, 26 pan and 21 loop hardstandings, and nine T2 plus one B1 hangars. The station was occupied by the RAF from November 1941 to November... -
Bottisham
Military site : airfield
The P-47 Thunderbolts of the 361st Fighter Group damaged the surfaces of the airfield so much in the first months of flying from Bottisham that American engineers were called in to lay a new runway. In January 1944 they constructed a 1,470-yard-long... -
Bourges
Military site : airfield
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Bournemouth
Military site : non-airfield
Home to a variety of units, mainly US Army but with some USAAF support units. Exact location unknown. -
Bovingdon
Military site : airfield
Bovingdon, in Hertfordshire (often confused with Bovington, Dorset), was built in 1941-42 as a bomber station but was never developed into a fully-fledged heavy bomber airfield as it did not have the required 2,000 yard runway.... -
Bowes Moor
Military site : non-airfield
Site of a Chemical storage facility. It closed at the end of the war and many of the chemicals were burnt and some areas concreted over. The infrastructure is still clearly visible. Although the surrounding area is farmland there is no access permitted... -
Boxted
Military site : airfield
Boxted was built for heavy bombers and became operational from May 1943. In the few months B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group were stationed there, there were two night attacks by the Luftwaffe. On 17 August 1943, one man was killed when bombs... -
Boxted Airfield Museum
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