Mendlesham
AirfieldIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13070469
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17031659
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight chief / Tech Inspector
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12216555
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32183201
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 391st Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Day's Pay
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Skipper, Wild Hare II, Lucifer's Lounge, Taylor Made
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Revisions
American Air Museum in Britain: www.americanairmuseum.com
Added associations to photos where Medlesham was spelt 'Mendelsham'.
Wikipedia contributors, "RAF Mendlesham," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mendlesham&oldid=6799007… (accessed May 12, 2016).
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / http://mendleshamairfieldassociation.wordpress.com/history/