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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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Epinoy, France
Crash site
On 18 DEC 1944, two B-26s of the 394th BG were involved in a mid-air collision (Category 4 Damage) over Epinoy, France (ALG A-75). Both flight crews perished. except Radio-Gunner, T/Sgt Charles Lipscomb. He was ejected from his seat while waiting to... -
Erlestoke
Military site : non-airfield
The area was used for accommodation for a Liaison Squadron. Exact location unknown. -
Eschwege
Military site : airfield
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Exeter
Military site : airfield
A private grass airfield 1930s, and Exeter Airport 1938-39, the airfield was also used by National Air Communications (responsible for managing civil flying at the start of the Second World War). Home to part of the Royal Aeronautical Establishment and... -
Eye
Military site : airfield
Eye air base was not a Class A base but was constructed to a less demanding standard by the 827th and 859th Battalions of U.S. Army Engineers in 1943 and was finished in early 1944. Unusually, a group of its hardstandings were on the other side of the... -
Eygelshoven
Crash site
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Eynsham Hall
Military site : non-airfield
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Fairford
Military site : airfield
Built for the Ninth Air Force, but not used by the USAAF in the Second World War. Became a United States Air Force Europe base in the Cold War. -
Fairland United Reformed Church, Wymondham
Other location
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Falcon Field
Military site : airfield
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Fallskärmsjägarlägret
Other location
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Farabol
Crash site
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Fayid
Military site : airfield
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Feering
Other location
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Ferme de la Grange
Crash site
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Fersfield
Military site : airfield
Originally named Winfarthing when the site was allocated to the Eighth Air Force in 1942, it was renamed Fersfield when built for the Eighth Air Force 1943-44. USAAF and US Navy projects 'Aphrodite' 'Batty' and 'Anvil' (attempts to develop and use... -
Fighting Cocks Pub, St Albans
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Filton
Military site : airfield
Prior to D-Day aircraft imported from the USA (through Avonmouth docks) were assembled at Fliton Aerodrome. It was also one of the main D-Day causality stations, from where the wounded were evacuated to Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. 9th Service Command... -
Finkenrath
Crash site
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Flatford
Other location
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Flixton, Suffolk
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Florennes / Juzaine
Military site : airfield
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Florida National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Flygvapenmuseum, Linköping, Sweden
Other location
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Folkingham
Military site : airfield
Folkingham was built as a decoy airfield - kniown as a 'KQ' site in 1940-1941. Built up as a bomber Station for the RAF in 1943, it was handed to the Ninth Air Force in 1944, where it was used by the 313th Troop Carrier Group. It was also used as a... -
Forchies-la-marche
Crash site
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Ford
Military site : airfield
Originally a Royal Flying Corps station at the end of the First World War, the airfield was unused from 1920-1930, and a civil airfield from 1930-1936. Re-used as RAF Ford 1937-39, and operated by the Royal Navy 1939-40, it was allocated for Eighth... -
Forges-les-Eaux
Crash site
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Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Dix
Military site : non-airfield
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Fort Logan National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Foulsham
Military site : airfield
Foulsham was built for the RAF in 1940-42, then used by RAF bombers and RAF special electronic warfare aircraft. An Eighth Air Force Radio Countermeasures detachment was based here in 1944-45 (it also used nearby RAF Oulton. The airfield was closed at...
