Hardwick

Airfield
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Object Number - UPL 13223 - Hardwick Airfield Memorial.

Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and flying over 330 missions. Hardwick became a Bomber Command airfield in 1945, but it remained inactive and closed in 1962.

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Armando A Antonio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 329th Bomb Squadron 93rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 0715681
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Beecher Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34504576
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Alfred Bernard Bergkamp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17020867
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Burton Miles Bush

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747205
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Pilot

Benjamin O Byers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190737
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-23666

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Hot Freight
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

41-23672

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Double Trouble
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

41-23682

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Blasted Event
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23711) nicknamed "Jerk's Natural" of the 93rd Bomb Group at RAF Gambut, February 1943.

41-23711

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jerks Natural
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

41-23722

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomerang
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

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

Hardwick: Gallery (79 items)

A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Boomerang". A censor has obscured the insignia on the airmen's jackets. Passed as censored 5 Apr 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '"Boomerang" 53-Mission Liberator Goes Home. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Crew of the Liberator "Boomerang" before leaving for U.S. L-R squatting : 1st. Lt. William N. Ford of Jersey City, N.J. Navigator; Sgt. George C. Ewald of Norfolk, Va. crew chief; T/Sgt. Edwin D. Kleine of Long Island City, N.Y.,

Object number: FRE 3744 - A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B...

The burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take-off at Hardwick airbase on the 3rd of March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '406/RF WD 193. 93 BG - B-24 crash on take off causing bomb load explosion. Hardwick. T/O at woods. 299939 3/3/44 Lt. Sneddar. SE side [three words unreadable] crew okay. Bombs exploded after land.'

Object number: FRE 3779 - The burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the...

The runway at Hardwick airbase, home of the 93rd Bomb Group, photographed in June 1967. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Hardwick, the N/S runway, June 1967.'

Object number: FRE 3786 - The runway at Hardwick airbase, home of the 93rd...

The runway at Hardwick airbase, home of the 93rd Bomb Group, photographed in June 1967. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Hardwick the N/S runway, June 1967

Object number: FRE 3787 - The runway at Hardwick airbase, home of the 93rd...

The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can

Object number: FRE 5804 - The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb...

A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group at Hardwick. Image via Amos Golisch, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'B-24 crew Hardwick.'

Object number: FRE 5810 - A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group at Hardwick...

A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group with a visiting F-5 Lightning (serial number 43-28584) of the 33rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group at Hardwick, spring 1944. Image via Amos Golisch, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Visitng P-38s Hardwick, Spr 1944 men & chutes 328584,;

Object number: FRE 5813 - A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group with a...

B-24 Liberator (serial number 40-2354) nicknamed "SNAFU" of the 44th Bomb Group Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 5 Sep 1942.' [stamp] and '219925.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse however this has been removed.

Object number: FRE 8873 - B-24D, Liberator bomber, serial number, 40-2354...

Aerial photograph of Hardwick airfield looking north, under construction by John Laing & Son Ltd, the runways and perimeters are incomplete, 16 December 1941. Photograph taken by No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, sortie number RAF/88C/1. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Object number: RAF_HLA_413_V1_27 - Aerial photograph of Hardwick airfield looking...

Object number: UPL 13223 - Hardwick Airfield Memorial.

Object number: UPL 13224 - Memorial at Hardwick Airfield.