Sculthorpe

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Sculthorpe airfield looking north, the technical and bomb dump are on the left, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/50. English Heritage (RAF Photography). eh-442.jpg RAF_3G_TUD_UK_50_RV_6016 Aerial photograph of Sculthorpe airfield looking north, the technical and bomb dump are on the left, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/50. English Heritage (RAF Photography). Historic England

IWM, English Heritage Collection

Object Number - RAF_3G_TUD_UK_50_RV_6016 - Aerial photograph of Sculthorpe airfield looking north, the technical and bomb dump are on the left, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90...

Built for the RAF in 1942-43, and used by the RAF 1943-44. The Eighth Air Force's 803rd Bomb Squadron (P) were a Radio Countermeasures unit lodging here in 1944. The base was used by both the RAF and US forces in the post-war period.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 803rd Bomb Squadron 390th Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
D Day mission 5/6 June 1944
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 803rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30177) nicknamed "Charlene". Printed caption on reverse: '61552 AC- Crew of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Charlene". England. 30 August 1943. Standing left to right are: 2nd Lt John N Harlan, Boise, Idaho; 1st Lt Charles Bliss, Los Angeles, California; 2nd Lt Vernon D Dunkin, Columbus, Ohio; 2nd Lt Bernard J Quenneville, Hadley, Mass. Kneeling left to right: S/Sgt Ro
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Charlene
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 562nd Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
Ten Knights in a Bar Room
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ten Knights in a Bar Room
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Doris Mae
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 36th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Lillian
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Michael Bowyer, Action Stations 1: Wartime Military Airfields of East Anglia 1939-1945 (Cambridge, 1979)

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