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  1. Cuddington

    Cuddington

    Military site : non-airfield
    The village of Cuddington has its own railway station which was why nearby Delamere Park (once part of the Wilbraham family estate) was turned into a transit area for British and American troops prior to the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. At the war's...

  2. Culmhead

    Culmhead

    Military site : airfield
    An RAF fighter airfield from 1941 to 1943, Churchstanton's name was changed to Culmhead to avoid confusion with RAF Church Fenton. The base was allocated to the Ninth Air Force in 1943 but not used. It was closed in 1946 but used as Composite Signals...

  3. Dalhart Army Air Base

    Dalhart Army Air Base

    Military site : airfield

  4. Darragh

    Darragh

    Military site : airfield

  5. De Vink - Chevremont (Kerkrade)

    De Vink - Chevremont (Kerkrade)

    Crash site

  6. Deaux Jumeaux

    Deaux Jumeaux

    Military site : airfield

  7. Debach

    Debach

    Military site : airfield
    Debach was one of the last Eighth Air Force heavy bomber bases to be completed. It was built by the 820th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) between late '43 and early '44. Pronounced locally as 'Deb-idge', the base was built to a class A standard with...

  8. Debach Village Sign

    Debach Village Sign

    Other location

  9. Debden

    Debden

    Military site : airfield
    RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...

  10. Decimomannu

    Decimomannu

    Military site : airfield

  11. Deenethorpe

    Deenethorpe

    Military site : airfield
    Deenethorpe was a base purpose-built for American heavy bombers, with the Class A regulation 2,000 and 1,400-yard runways. All the buildings on site,such as the accommodation and administrative blocks, were temporary. In December 1943, several local...

  12. Deopham Green

    Deopham Green

    Military site : airfield
    Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two...

  13. Deopham Green Memorial

    Deopham Green Memorial

    Other location

  14. Dering Woods

    Dering Woods

    Military site : non-airfield
    Home to support units, including ordnance and chemical companies. Exact location unknown.

  15. Ditchingham

    Ditchingham

    Military site : non-airfield
    Home to USAAF Quartermaster units.

  16. Dole / Tavaux

    Dole / Tavaux

    Military site : airfield

  17. Dorchester, Oxfordshire

    Dorchester, Oxfordshire

    Other location

  18. Dorr Field

    Dorr Field

    Military site : airfield

  19. Dover, Kent

    Dover, Kent

    Other location

  20. Down Ampney

    Down Ampney

    Military site : airfield
    Allocated to the Ninth Air Force but not used.

  21. Drayton St Leonard

    Drayton St Leonard

    Other location

  22. Dreenhill

    Dreenhill

    Crash site

  23. Drem

    Drem

    Military site : airfield
    Known as West Fenton Aerodrome from 1916, it became Gullane Aerodrome after the First World War. It was disused between 1919-1933, and in 1939 the grass airstrip was concreted over and site renamed RAF Drem....

  24. Dreux

    Dreux

    Military site : airfield

  25. Drieslinter Church Memorial

    Drieslinter Church Memorial

    Other location

  26. Dubendorf

    Dubendorf

    Military site : airfield

  27. Dulag Luft 12

    Dulag Luft 12

    Other location

  28. Dungeness Kent

    Dungeness Kent

    Crash site

  29. Dunkeswell

    Dunkeswell

    Military site : airfield
    Elements of the 479th Antisubmarine Group - the 4th and 19th Squadrons - were lodger units here in 1943. The US Navy's Fleet Air Wing 7 began Bay of Biscay operations in 1943 and took over the station in 1944. It was returned to the RAF 1945-49.

  30. Dunsop Fell

    Dunsop Fell

    Crash site

  31. Duxford

    Duxford

    Military site : airfield
    RAF Duxford, now a museum and still a working airfield, was operated by the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. The base was briefly the home of the 350th Fighter Group in late 1942, but it was not until April 1943 that it became a fully American station when the...

  32. Eagle Squadrons Memorial

    Eagle Squadrons Memorial

    Other location

  33. Earls Colne

    Earls Colne

    Military site : airfield
    Earls Colne was built in 1941 as an airfield for No.3 Group, RAF Bomber Command, although never used as such. Assigned to the US Eighth Air Force (as Station 358) in 1942, its 36 hardstands were increased to 50, bringing the airfield up to Air Ministry...

  34. Earsham

    Earsham

    Military site : non-airfield
    Advance Ammunition Parks used by the RAF were often enlarged to include USAAF munitions. These dumps which might exploit natural cave systems or dense woodland, also included concrete structures as a means of protection. Some were also used to store...

  35. East Coast Memorial

    East Coast Memorial

    Cemetery

  36. East Harling

    East Harling

    Military site : non-airfield

  37. East Kirkby

    East Kirkby

    Crash site

  38. East Wretham

    East Wretham

    Military site : airfield
    East Wretham was not improved to Class A standard. It retained its shorter runways, although eventually pierced-steel planking was laid to make take offs and landings easier for the Thunderbolt, and then Mustang, pilots. Steel matting was also laid to...

  39. Eastcote

    Eastcote

    Military site : non-airfield
    During the war the area between Eastcote Road and Lime Grove was known as HMS Pembroke and supported operations at Bletchley Park (encryption and code-breaking). After the war Pembroke's role was as GCHQ until the move to Cheltenham....

  40. Ebrington Manor

    Ebrington Manor

    Military site : non-airfield
    Run by the American Red Cross, Ebrington Manor was one of 16 country houses or 'flak homes' which housed airmen for Rest and Recuperation away from the stress of flying missions. Each serviceman was entitled to at least one rest period during their 25...

  41. Eccles

    Eccles

    Military site : non-airfield
    Exact location unknown - centred on the Eccles Road area adjacent to Snetterton Heath 138. There is an active, but un-manned railway station there that would probably have been used in Eccles proposed capacity as a Strategic Air Depot Area. However,...

  42. Edgeworth

    Edgeworth

    Crash site

  43. Edinburgh

    Edinburgh

    Other location

  44. Egginton

    Egginton

    Military site : non-airfield
    Home to a Quartermaster unit. There was a rail junction nearby (one line is now dismantled). Exact location unknown - probably to the north of Egginton Road which runs west out of Hilton.

  45. Eglinton

    Eglinton

    Military site : airfield
    Built for the RAF in 1940-41, Eighth Air Force lodger units moved in in 1942. The 52nd Fighter Group and 82nd Fighter Group used the airfield, before the Royal Navy moved in and occupied the base until 1959. Partly closed, it was still used by the...

  46. Ellington Field

    Ellington Field

    Military site : airfield

  47. Elveden 3rd Air Division memorial window

    Elveden 3rd Air Division memorial window

    Other location

  48. Elveden Hall

    Elveden Hall

    Military site : non-airfield
    Elveden Hall, Brandon, Suffolk was used during the Second World War as a headquarters for the USAAF Third Air Division. Some evidence to suggest that the staff quarters were struck and destroyed by a bomb....

  49. Endcliffe Park

    Endcliffe Park

    Crash site

  50. Ephrata Army Airfield

    Ephrata Army Airfield

    Military site : airfield