Sudbury
Airfield
IWM, English Heritage Collection
Object Number - US_7PH_GP_LOC188_V_5013 - Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by...
Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with barrack buildings were situated to the east of the airfield.
Accounts of the Americans at Sudbury can be found here: http://americans.sudburysuffolk.co.uk/life-and-death-with-the-486th-bom…
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760522
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: Polish
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-827142
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 715688
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35331159
- Highest Rank: Senior Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32516204
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Bold Sea Rover
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sagittarius / Sagittarias
- Unit: 449th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 716th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pisces
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Drew
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ding Dong Daddy From Dixie Capricorn
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron 98th Bomb Group
Revisions
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)
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