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Headquarters (2nd Air Division)

Headquarters

  • Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former Headquarters 2nd Air Division.

    Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former Headquarters 2nd Air Division.

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  • Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former 2nd Air Division Headquarters.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Ketteringham Hall 1943 – 1945
Established Old Catton 12 April 1943

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People

  • Arthur Bernstein

    Military

  • Hazel Bliss

    Military | Corporal | Switchboard Operator | 392nd Bomb Group
    Hazel Bliss served as a switchboard operator for 2nd Air Division HQ.

  • Frederick Bryan

    Military | Colonel | Deputy Chief of Staff
    BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942-1945 by Russell A. Strong

  • Ltle Carbaugh

    Military | Chief of Statistical Section

  • Lucille Carter

    Military | 392nd Bomb Group

  • Florence Chandler

    Military
    type statistics

  • Henry Dietch

    Military | Lieutenant | Judge Advocate
    Instead of flying across the Atlantic, we were put on a LST going across the North Atlantic in a convoy for 32 days from Boston, MA to Halifax, Nova Scotia to Plymouth, England. Received commission in ETO. ...

  • 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.

  • Livingston Jones

    Military | Sergeant

  • John Kassab

    Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 453rd Bomb Group
    Flew 30 missions DFC; Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters

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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
16 January 2017 14:42:28 Lucy May Changes to stations
Sources

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/place/171413
Date Contributor Update
11 November 2016 14:44:07 Lucy May Changes to stations
Sources

http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Ketteringham-Hall---Second-Air-Divisi...
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:53 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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