Sculthorpe
Airfield
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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
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 803rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Charlene
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 562nd Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
- 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)