Wendling

Airfield
The Control Tower of the 392nd Bomb Group at Wendling. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392BG ex Burtner.' media-380468.jpg FRE 1670 The Control Tower of the 392nd Bomb Group at Wendling. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392BG ex Burtner.' This is probably Clair Burtner, ground crew at Wendling. Roger Freeman Collection

Link to Clair Burtner added following information supplied by Annette Tison of the 392nd BG Association

Object Number - FRE 1670 - The Control Tower of the 392nd Bomb Group at Wendling. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392BG ex Burtner.' This is probably Clair Burtner, ground...

RAF Wendling was home to the 392nd Bomb Group from 1943 to 1945. Built in 1942, it was originally planned to be an RAF Bomber Command airfield. Improvement and expansion works were carried out in 1942 and 1943 prior to the arrival of the 392nd and their B-24 Liberators. Wendling was handed back to the RAF in 1945, where it was used as a maintenance airfield, before eventually being sold off in 1964.



Read more about the history of Wendling here: http://www.b24.net/wendlingHistory.htm

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People

Bill Braddock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner / Mechanic

Adolph F Bremer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Adam Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Mechanic (Auto & Truck)

Anthony P Chick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 35 234 979
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Alfred Jerome Cohn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13121238 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28742

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Old Glory
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

41-28759

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

41-28772

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: El Capitan
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron

41-29002

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

41-29131

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Helfer College, Spirit of 46, Flying Patch
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

http://www.b24.net/wendlingHistory.htm

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978).

Wendling: Gallery (72 items)

A crashed B-24H Liberator (serial number 42-9590) nicknamed "The Flak Ducker" of the 392nd Bomb Group near Overberg , 6 March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'RNAF. 42-9590.'

Object number: FRE 8029 - A crashed B-24H Liberator (serial number 42-7598)...

A crashed B-24H Liberator (serial number 42-9590) nicknamed "The Flak Ducker" of the 392nd Bomb Group near Overberg, 6 March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'RNAF. 42-9590. 392 Bomb Group, Wendling. 6-3-44 - Overberg.'

Object number: FRE 8030 - A crashed B-24H Liberator (serial number 42-7598)...

Aerial photograph of Wendling airfield looking north east, under construction by Taylor-Woodrow Ltd, 2 July 1942. Photograph taken by No. 8 Operational Training Unit, sortie number RAF/FNO/32. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Object number: RAF_FNO_32_V_6057 - Aerial photograph of Wendling airfield looking...

Object number: UPL 13203 - B-24H Liberator 42-7479 DC-O 'War Horse'. The...

Object number: UPL 13208 - Wendling Airfield Memorial, Norfolk.

Object number: UPL 13209 - Plaque on Wendling Airfield Memorial, Norfolk.

Object number: UPL 13210 - Inscription on Wendling Airfield Memorial, Norfolk...

Object number: UPL 13214 - Beeston village sign (near old Wendling Airfield)...

Object number: UPL 13216 - Painted on post of Beeston village sing (near old...