Mendlesham

Airfield
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.' media-387817.jpg FRE 5462 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5462 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Built in 1942-1943, Mendlesham's first flying unit was the RAF's No. 310 Squadron - a Czechoslovakian unit. The airfield then became home to the USAAF 34th Bomb Group. This unit flew missions from Mendlesham in B-24s and B-17s.

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People

Alfred Allega

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11009150
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew chief

Andrew Anselmini

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

David Henry Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20802910 / O-817373
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Donald Roop Baumgardner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13141795
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Fuel technician

Dale Clement Cannon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37576057
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Aircraft

41-28838

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Misery Agent / Tommy Thumper
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group
Nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28851) nicknamed "The Near Sighted Robin" of the 34th Bomb Group.

41-28851

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Near Sighted Robin
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron

41-29572

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Scotty
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

42-102523

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mission Belle
  • Unit: 344th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

42-30120

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date19 Sep 2020 02:50:04
Contributor34thBombGroupH B-17Tailgunner41-45
ChangesChanges to person associations
Sources

American Air Museum in Britain: www.americanairmuseum.com

Date4 Jan 2017 14:45:57
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to media associations
Sources

Added associations to photos where Medlesham was spelt 'Mendelsham'.

Date12 May 2016 22:01:04
ContributorScott 34th7th
ChangesChanges to known as, usaaf from date, usaaf to date, construction date and closure date
Sources

Wikipedia contributors, "RAF Mendlesham," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mendlesham&oldid=6799007… (accessed May 12, 2016).

Date30 Mar 2016 16:51:20
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
Sources

Added aircraft based at Mendlesham.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:02:17
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / http://mendleshamairfieldassociation.wordpress.com/history/

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