Hardwick

Airfield
media-13223.jpeg UPL 13223 Hardwick Airfield Memorial.

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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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People

Arthur Lee Crandall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15082720
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Bruno L Dalmas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 42091556
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner/ Armorer

Addis Lionel Dauber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39281321 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot / Pilot

Anthony L Galasso

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33288265
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Alva Jack Geron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18074346 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-24105

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tupelo Lass
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

41-24111

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Piccadilly Filly
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

41-24122

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Missouri Sue
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

41-24130

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Thar She Blows Again
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator ( serial number 41-24226) nicknamed "Joisey Bounce" of the 93rd Bomb Group in flight.

41-24226

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Joisey Bounce - Utah Man
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th 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).

Hardwick: Gallery (79 items)

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Object number: UPL 13240 - B-24 Liberator "Georgia" and crew of 93rd Bomb...

Object number: UPL 13241 - B-24 Liberator crew of 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd...

Object number: UPL 13243 - B-24 Liberator "Ball of Fire Junior" of 328th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 13244 - B-24 Liberator "Beaver's Baby" and crew of 93rd...

Object number: UPL 13249 - The Phil Buffington 'Lead crew', 328th & 329th...

Object number: UPL 13251 - Collection of vintage US aircraft at Hardwick...

Object number: UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield...

Object number: UPL 13639 - 2nd Lt. Eugene J. Justen - Backrow / 3rd from...

Object number: UPL 14171 - Memorial Cross on roadside in Hardwick, Norfolk

Object number: UPL 14172 - Memorial Cross on roadside in Hardwick, Norfolk

Object number: UPL 14198 - Airfield Farm Memorial, Hardwick