Saffron Walden
Military site
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 9818 - The operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing at Saffron-Walden. Printed caption on reverse: '60493 AC- Plotting table in the operations room of the...
Headquarters 65th Fighter Wing.
Exact location unknown.
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Detailed History
Housed in the requisitioned Saffron Walden Grammar School (Dame Bradbury's School), with an operations room constructed inside the school hall.
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 14068489
- Role/Job: Medic's assistant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: British
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Control Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15339440
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Radio Direction Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 65th Fighter Wing Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Air Traffic Controller
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)
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