2nd Bomb Division
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Ketteringham Hall
Military site : non-airfield
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Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former Headquarters 2nd Air Division.
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2nd Air Division Headquarters emblem.
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Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former 2nd Air Division Headquarters.
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Memorial plaque in gardens of Keteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former 2nd Air Division Headquarters.
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Memorial plaque in gardens of Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former 2nd Air Division Headquarters.
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This Eighth Air Force insignia was found on a wooden partition in a wartime Nissen hut near Ketteringham. It was presented to the Headquarters staff of the 2nd Air Division USAAF on their reunion visit to Ketteringham on 29 July 1990. Three American Red Oaks were planted in the churchyard at Ketteringham St. Peter to commemorate the 43rd conventionof the 2nd Air Division Association.
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The 2nd Air Division USAAF Memorial Library. A photographic/video record of the role, content and service offered by the library, which has its own separate base within the spectacular large building that houses the main lending library in Norwich, England. It was set up after WWII by those who served in the 2nd Air Division and local friends of the Division. It has a continuing role not only as a place to visit for remembrance but also, through use of its extensive archive, for research.
300-400 US servicemen were housed in Nissen huts built in what is now woodland next to the Hall.
At one time home to Team Lotus (Formula 1); currently privately owned with a memorial in the grounds.
Detailed history
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English Heritage's record description
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Service
Units
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2nd Air Division
Division
In December 1944, the 2nd Bomb Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division. -
18th Weather Squadron
Squadron
Browse 18th Weather Squadron photographs and other documents in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library digital archive here: www.2ndair.org.uk/digitalarchive/Dashboard/Index/60 -
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Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
Headquarters
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1119th Military Police Company
Company
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1244th Quartermaster Company
Company
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315th Signal Company
Company
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Detachment A (1244th Quartermaster Company)
Detachment
People
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Hermione Beaber
Military | Women's Army Corps
Hermione Beaber was a New Yorker who served with the Women's Army Corps in England, assigned to the 2nd Air Division Headquarters. ... -
Hilda Berry Sanford
Military | Major | Women's Army Corps
Hilda Berry served in the Women's Army Corps in England, assigned to the 2nd Air Division Headquarters. ... -
Hazel Bliss
Military | Corporal | Switchboard Operator | 392nd Bomb Group
Hazel Bliss served as a switchboard operator for 2nd Air Division HQ. -
Evelyn Cohen
Military | Women's Army Corps
From 1954, until her death aged 88, in 2009, Evelyn Cohen was a crucial part of the 2nd Air Division Association. She was instrumental in the creation of the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library in Norwich. See: https://www.b24.net/2ndADA-Newsletters/2009... -
Irene Dziubinski
Military | Corporal (5th Grade) | Women's Army Corps
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James Hodges
Military | Major General | Commanding General
Major General James P Hodges served as Commanding General of the 2nd Air Division from 13 September 1942 to 1 August 1944. He retired 30 September 1951. His son, James P Hodges II, served as a fighter pilot with the 56th Fighter Group. -
Walter Peck
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot; Commanding Officer | 458th Bomb Group
BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER R. PECK ... -
Emma Utter
Military | Private First Class | Women's Army Corps
Emma Utter served with the 2nd Air Division HQ in England. In February 1944, she was part of the WAC unit who christened a B-24 'Pallas Athene'. Emma put the finishing touches onto the new nose art and was one of eleven WACs who were taken on a short...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:02:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| 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 (February1967, Revised October 1980). |
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