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Coombe House
Military site : non-airfield
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Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France
Military site : airfield
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Cottesmore
Military site : airfield
Built for the RAF between 1935-38, and in use by the RAF from 1938-1943, the airfield was enlarged with concrete runways in 1943. Used by both the Eighth Air Force (it was 8 ASC HQ) and Ninth Air Force 1943, it was Troop Carrier Command HQ (later 9th... -
Coulommiers
Military site : airfield
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Covington/Catworth
Crash site
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Cranbrook
Military site : non-airfield
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Cranford
Military site : non-airfield
Home to transport units. Exact location unknown. -
Cretteville
Military site : airfield
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Crewe
Military site : non-airfield
Crewe is famous for being a major UK rail junction.... -
Cricqueville
Military site : airfield
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Crookham Common
Military site : non-airfield
Crookham Common lies to the immediate east of RAF Greenham Common 486. During the First World War the Commons were used as military training grounds. However, in 1939 the private estates controlling the Commons were sold to Newbury Council which... -
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... -
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... -
Dalhart Army Air Base
Military site : airfield
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Darragh
Military site : airfield
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De Vink - Chevremont (Kerkrade)
Crash site
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Deaux Jumeaux
Military site : airfield
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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... -
Debach Village Sign
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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... -
Decimomannu
Military site : airfield
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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... -
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... -
Deopham Green Memorial
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Dering Woods
Military site : non-airfield
Home to support units, including ordnance and chemical companies. Exact location unknown. -
Dijon-Longvic Air Base
Military site : airfield
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Ditchingham
Military site : non-airfield
Home to USAAF Quartermaster units. -
Djedeida Airfield
Military site : airfield
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Dole / Tavaux
Military site : airfield
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Dorchester, Oxfordshire
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Dorr Field
Military site : airfield
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Dover AAF, Delaware
Military site : airfield
The first airfield site was near East Boldre, used before the First World War. A Royal Flying Corps and RAF station during the First World War, it was sold and dismantled from 1920-1924, though the land was used as a private airfield from 1933 to 1938.... -
Dover, Kent
Other location
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Down Ampney
Military site : airfield
Allocated to the Ninth Air Force but not used. -
Drayton St Leonard
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Dreenhill
Crash site
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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.... -
Dreux
Military site : airfield
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Drieslinter Church Memorial
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Dubendorf
Military site : airfield
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Dulag Luft 12
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Dungeness Kent
Crash site
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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. -
Dunsop Fell
Crash site
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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... -
Eagle Squadrons Memorial
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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... -
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... -
East Coast Memorial
Cemetery
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East Harling
Military site : non-airfield
