Bungay

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography). eh-176.jpg RAF_106G_UK_930_RP_3154 Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography). Historic England

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Object Number - RAF_106G_UK_930_RP_3154 - Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main...

From late November 1943, the three bases of Bungay, Seething and Hardwick were the stations of the 20th Combat Wing of the Eighth Air Force. The base had previously housed individual squadrons of the 310th Bomb Group (Twelfth Air Force) and of the 93rd Bomb Group (its other squadrons operating out of Hardwick) but the 446th was the first full group to be based there. They would stay beyond the end of war in Europe and the crews' commitment to the base came through in their nickname of 'Bungay Buckeroos'.

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People

Blaine H Barritt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703422
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Anthony Borra

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles D Boyles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34637444
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Chester E Cegelka

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31324609
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Christopher Myles Chism

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33327770
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

41-29140

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Banger
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

41-29147

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

41-29150

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Queenie
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

41-29155

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Piccadilly Commando
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
The battle scarred tail of a B-24 Liberator (RT-R, serial number 41-29177) nicknamed "Ginger" of the 446th Bomb Group. Image via Albert R Krassman Jr Written on slide casing: 'Ginger.'

41-29177

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ginger
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978)

Bungay: Gallery (46 items)

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking north, before the perimeter has been constructed, 8 March 1942. Photograph taken by No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, sortie number RAF/HLA/413. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Object number: RAF_HLA_413_V1_37 - Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield...

Object number: UPL 13292 - Information board next to Bungay Airfield memorial...

Object number: UPL 13293 - Bungay Airfield Memorial, Suffolk

Object number: UPL 13294 - Bungay Airfield Memorial, Suffolk.

Object number: UPL 13296 - Inscription on Bungay Airfield Memorial, Suffolk.

Object number: UPL 13297 - Sign for 446th Bomb Group Museum at Norfolk &...

Object number: UPL 13299 - Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to 1st Lt...

Object number: UPL 13300 - Memorial gates at St. Mary's church, Flixton...

Object number: UPL 13301 - Dedication plaque on memorial gates at St. Mary's...

Object number: UPL 13302 - Pew cushion at St. Mary's Church, Flixton, Suffolk...