RAF Thorpe Abbott Hidden Remains. Control Tower, Battle HQ. USAAF 100th Bomb Group Museum Norfolk.

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RAF THORPE ABBOTTS / USAAF STATION 139.
Construction of the airfield, which was initially planned as a satellite for RAF Horham in Suffolk, commenced in 1942, but because of the rapid build-up of the Eighth Air Force both airfields were handed over to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Thorpe Abbotts airfield was designated Station 139. The airfield area covered more than 600 acres and included three runways, 5.60 kilometres of perimeter track and fifty aircraft dispersals. The main runway was 1,920 metres (6,300 feet) long and one of the longest in the Eighth Air Force. At its peak there were about seventy B-17 aircraft and 3,500 personnel at the base.
The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived on 9 June 1943 and was assigned to the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing. Its operational squadrons were the 349th, 350th, 351st and 418th Bomb Squadrons.
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