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Harrow Lane Memorial, Leiston
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Harwich
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Haseley Court
Military site : non-airfield
An old manor house that became a Field Hospital and POW camp. -
Hatfield Heath
Crash site
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Hattonville
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Haughley Park
Military site : non-airfield
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Haularwijk. Friesland, Netherlands
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Haule, Friesland, Netherlands
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Haveringland Hall
Military site : non-airfield
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Haybes, France
Crash site
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Haydock
Military site : airfield
Prior to the arrival of the USAAF it was a satellite base for RAF Burtonwood. The racecourse was used as a USAAF Base Air Depot Area (BADA) from 13 November 1944 and the centre of the course was used as a grass airstrip. It re-opened as a racecourse in... -
Headcorn
Military site : airfield
Built as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), work on the airfield began in early 1943. It was improved and made ready for USAAF use by adding more aircraft standings and temporary buildings. Accommodation was provided in the form of tents and... -
Heathrow
Military site : airfield
Building the Great West Aerodrome at Heath Row began in earnest in 1929 and was to continue through the Second World War, much the annoyance of Churchill who grudged the use of so many construction workers who might have been more use to the war... -
Hendon
Military site : airfield
An RAF station which in 1944 was home to Douglas C-47 Skytrain lodgers. -
Henham Park, Suffolk
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Henley
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Henley-on-Thames
Military site : non-airfield
One of 16 country houses or 'flak homes' which catered for approximately 25 airmen at a time to come for Rest and Recuperation away from the stress of flying missions. Run by the American Red Cross, each serviceman was entitled to at least one rest... -
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Hepworth
Military site : airfield
A satellite station of Advanced Air Depot Honington. Work to complete this proposed bomber base was slow and still incomplete in April 1944 when it was renamed Shepherd's Grove, remaining unoccupied by 8th Air Force for the duration.... -
Herringswell
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Heston
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1929 as a civil, private Air Park, Heston was the first airfield in Britain to have an... -
Hethel
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten... -
High Ercall
Military site : airfield
Built during 1939-41 for the RAF, as a combined fighter station and Maintenance Unit base, High Ercall had three tarmac runways, 23 hardstandings, two T2 hangars and 24 other hangars of various types. Occupied by the RAF from October 1940, it was... -
High Halden
Military site : airfield
Used as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943 with temporary runways and buildings. High Halden was then used as a Ninth Air Force Advanced Landing Ground, before being occupied by the 358th Fighter Group in 1944. -
High Wycombe
Military site : non-airfield
High Wycome known as Daws Hill was the Headquarters of Eighth Air Force Bomber Command (Pinetree). Situated on land and in a house formerly occupied by Wycombe Abbey School and restored to them by the US on 9 May 1946.... -
Higham Heath
Military site : non-airfield
Home to a Quartermaster Truck Battalion. Exact location unknown. -
Hilgay, Norfolk
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Histon
Military site : non-airfield
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Hitcham
Military site : non-airfield
Prior to the move of the 4th Stategic Air Depot to Hitcham in April 1944, this station number had been associated with Wattisham. Exact location unknown. -
Hitchin
Military site : non-airfield
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Hobson Street Club, Hobson Street, Cambridge
Military site : non-airfield
One of the American Red Cross Clubs in Cambridge, Hobson Street Club provided snacks, information, lounges and games facilities for American Servicemen. -
Hockering Wood
Military site : non-airfield
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Hohenhausen Lippe
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Hollum
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Holmsley South
Military site : airfield
Built during 1941-42, Holmsley South opened in September 1942 as a Coastal Command base before construction was complete. It eventually had three concrete runways, 35 pan and three loop hardstandings, and five T2 hangars. The 1st American residents,... -
Homersfield
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Honington
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to... -
Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group.... -
Horsehill Tor
Crash site
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Horsham St Faith
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield... -
Hull
Military site : non-airfield
A Quartermaster Truck Battalion base. Black GIs were based here. -
Hunter Army Air Field
Military site : airfield
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Huntingdon
Military site : non-airfield
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Hurn
Military site : airfield
Planned as a grass airfield fighter satellite to RAF Ibsley, Hurn was actually built during 1940-42 for bomber or transport use. It had eventually three tarmac-surface hard runways, 30 pan plus 46 loop hardstandings, and four T2, three Bellman and 10... -
Hurst Park Site
Military site : non-airfield
Originally a First World War Air Acceptance Park, created on an open and level site (common land or sports fields) where aircraft could be assembled and tested. Now public parkland. -
Huyton
Military site : non-airfield
This area housed internees, POWs (centred around the council houses of Blue Bell Lane) and American servicemen, all in separate camps.... -
Ibsley
Military site : airfield
Built during 1940-41 as a fighter base satellite for RAF Middle Wallop, Ibsley opened in 1941 when incomplete. It eventually had three concrete runways, 18 hardstandings plus 18 double pen dispersals, and two Bellman plus 12 blister hangars, after... -
Inverness
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Istres, France
Military site : airfield
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Jaraczewo
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