Horham
Airfield
EDWARD J. FELSKI STANDING, THIRD FROM LEFT, NO HAT!
Object Number - FRE 5858 - A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut briefing room at Horham, August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on...
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group. The 323rd transferred to Earls Colne in June1943, and Horham instead became the final UK base of the 95th Bomb Group, who flew B-17 missions from the airfield until the end of the war in Europe. RAF Maintenance Command took over the airfield in 1945, and the base remained in RAF hands until sold off in the early 1960s.
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English Heritage's Record Description
An airfield situated near Horham was taken over by the 95th Bomb Group in June 1943. In 1945 the Group retuned to the USA and the station returned to the RAF and was used as a satellite site for No.25 and No.262 Maintenance Units.
The site closed in October 1948 and was later used to defend the East Anglian V-bomber bases. The site was sold in the 1960s to a private owner.
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33070682 / O-2026730
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17009057
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36881731
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32271823
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31282677
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lady : Screaming Eagle
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Odd Ball : Double In Brass
- Unit: 571st Bomb Squadron 390th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Thomper
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Wine
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ole Worrybird
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Connected up aircraft records with 'Horham' in their description or events fields.
Connected aircraft records that have Horham in their biography fields.
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978).
![A memorial to the 95th Bomb Group at Horham. Image by Roland E "Lefty" Nairn of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '19 Sept 81. 95BG Memorial Dedication, Horham, Eng[land]. By: R.E. "Lefty" Nairn, 95th BG returnee.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408553.jpg.webp?itok=r4N7k8k_)
