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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)
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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. -
Ditchingham
Military site : non-airfield
Home to USAAF Quartermaster units. -
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, Kent
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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
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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
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East Kirkby
Crash site
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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... -
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.... -
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... -
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,... -
Edgeworth
Crash site
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Edinburgh
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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. -
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... -
Ellington Field
Military site : airfield
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Elveden 3rd Air Division memorial window
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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.... -
Endcliffe Park
Crash site
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Ephrata Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
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