Birch

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Birch airfield, looking north east, 16 July 1943. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC2. English Heritage (USAAF Photography). eh-164.jpg US_7PH_GP_LOC2_V_1100 Aerial photograph of Birch airfield, looking north east, 16 July 1943. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC2. English Heritage (USAAF Photography). Historic England

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Object Number - US_7PH_GP_LOC2_V_1100 - Aerial photograph of Birch airfield, looking north east, 16 July 1943. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number...

Allocated to Eighth Air Force 1942 and built for Ninth Air Force use in 1943-1944, Birch was the temporary home of the 410th Bomb Group. It was an Eighth Air Force reserve airfield from 1944-1945, and used briefly by the RAF at the end of the war. It was closed and returned to agriculture and gravel pits in the 1940s and 50s.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18083965 / O-747222
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36368365 / O-750129
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35049974
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armourer / Gunner
Basic training portrait of Ray A Jelle
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Role/Job: Medical Clerk
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38463021
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994)

Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001)

Bruce Quarrie, Action Stations 10: Supplement and Index (Wellingborough, 1987)

Birch: Gallery (7 items)