Abbots Ripton

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media-7219.jpeg UPL 7219 Aerial View of Station 547 Abbots Ripton
Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7219 - Aerial View of Station 547 Abbots Ripton Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF

Strategic Air Depots were given separate station numbers to avoid confusion with the main airfield operation; the 2nd Strategic Air Depot, originally at Little Staughton, moved to Alconbury in March 1944 as that airfield, well served by road and rail, was developed; built to the east of the main Alconbury perimeter taxiway it was self-contained with its own tracks, hardstanding and workshops; such depots existed to maintain, supply and salvage aircraft of Air Force Combat Units; 3000 personnel assigned. Alconbury ceased operations during 1990s and Abbots Ripton buildings and site currently house commercial industries.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss X
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron

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ContributorPaul Bellamy
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On-site observation

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ContributorAAM
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / M. Bowman, USAAF Handbook - 1939-1945 (Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud, 1997)

Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)

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