Bungay
AirfieldIWM, English Heritage Collection
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32434220
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39414451
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32866525
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33679125
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Armorer; Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 707th Bomb Squadron 446th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 18194525
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Spirit of 77
- Unit: 3rd Strategic Air Depot 446th Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 705th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lazy Lou
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron 61st Troop Carrier Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satans Sister
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Princess
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 17545
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 17546
Revisions
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978)