Elveden Hall

Military site
United State's Army Air Force Headquarters at Elveden Hall. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Elveden Hall.' media-395273.jpg FRE 7543 The water tower at Elveden Hall with washing hanging out to dry in the foreground.
Elveden Hall housed the Headquarters of the 8th Air Force's 3rd Bomb Division.
Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Elveden Hall.' Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7543 - The water tower at Elveden Hall with washing hanging out to dry in the foreground. Elveden Hall housed the Headquarters of the 8th Air Force's 3rd...

Elveden Hall, Brandon, Suffolk was used during the Second World War as a headquarters for the USAAF Third Air Division. Some evidence to suggest that the staff quarters were struck and destroyed by a bomb.



Camp Blainey was probably a camp of tents and/or huts used to house the staff, erected in the grounds of the Hall.

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People

An airman of the 385th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38625) nicknamed "Ole Doodle Bug!". Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Handwritten on slide casing: '338625.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (3rd Air Division)
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Chief Photo Interpreter
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-430990
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Combat Bomb Wing 95th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (95th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-17954
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Wing Commander/Group Commander/Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2056863
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
A member of the Women's Army Corps with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6483) nicknamed "Ruby's Raiders" of the 385th Bomb Group. Image via Lieutenant Clark Barton Rollins Jr, Pilot of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Women's Army Corps 3rd Air Division
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: WAC

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Master
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division Headquarters Squadron (3rd Air Division)

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Corrected spelling from 'Elvedon Hall' to 'Elveden Hall'.
Source: http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/acm8.htm

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Office of History, Headquarters Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe; Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945, Revised and Expanded Edition (February 1967, Revised October 1980).

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