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

Ambrose J Majchrzak

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33252693
  • Role/Job: Crew chief

Donald G Mann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39612122
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Basil Francis Mauk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18005700
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

Claude Winfred May

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38197818
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Aircraft Mechanic

Richard Matthew McLaughlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-834555
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

43-38257

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tyson's Tramps
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

43-38263

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron

43-38265

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 34th Bomb Group inside a hangar. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'B-17 Yellow Hangar.'

43-38280

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Missbehavin Raven
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Contributor34thBombGroupH B-17Tailgunner41-45
Changes
Sources

American Air Museum in Britain: www.americanairmuseum.com

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ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

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

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ContributorScott 34th7th
Changes
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).

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Added aircraft based at Mendlesham.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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

Mendlesham: Gallery (88 items)

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Object number: UPL 5425 - Robert Maxwell Baer

Object number: UPL 5427 - Robert Maxwell Baer

Object number: UPL 55867 - Photo dated 30/12/44 after return flight from...

Object number: UPL 5600 - 2nd LT. Henry S. Karger, USAAF Co-Pilot

Object number: UPL 7189 - Harold C. Rutka,

Object number: UPL 7195 - B-24J-165-CO #44-40454 "Betta Duck" Code 2U-D...