Sudbury
AirfieldIWM, English Heritage Collection
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 834th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-? / AO-1998562
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16189219
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32608167
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 834th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Plow
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Superstituous Aloysius, Bolt From The Blue
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tin Lizzy / Ula Lume
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Worry Bird
- Unit: 834th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group
Revisions
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)
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