RAF Podington
About
RAF Podington opened in Bedfordshire in 1942 and was handed to the United States Army Air Forces as Station 109. It became the home of the 92nd Bombardment Group — “Fame’s Favored Few” — whose Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses flew nearly three hundred missions over occupied Europe, winning a Distinguished Unit Citation; one of its airmen, John Morgan, earned the Medal of Honor. The Americans left after the war, and since 1966 the airfield has been Santa Pod Raceway, Britain’s premier drag-racing venue.
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