RAF Old Buckenham
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RAF Old Buckenham, near Attleborough in Norfolk, opened in 1943 as a United States Army Air Forces base, Station 144. It was home to the 453rd Bombardment Group, whose Consolidated B-24 Liberators flew on the Eighth Air Force’s daylight campaign from early 1944; the Hollywood actor James Stewart served as the group’s operations officer there. The Americans left after the war, but the airfield survives as an active light-aviation field, with a memorial and museums recalling its wartime role.
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assumed USAAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:453-bg_1.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
British Government / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldbuckenham-30march1946.pngView source & full licence →No people are cross-referenced to this airfield yet. Links appear as squadron postings, crews and service records are added.