1st Air Division 8th Air Force USAAF 1942-45
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1st Air Division 8th Air Force USAAF 1942-45

Flying Fortress Squadrons in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire

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1st Air Division 8th Air Force USAAF 1942-45

Flying Fortress Squadrons in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire

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As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area—in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Constituted as the lst Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 the unit was activated at Brampton Grange, Huntingdon on 13 September 1943. It was assigned to the Eighth Air Force and redesignated lst Air Division in December 1944. The division served in combat in the European theater of Operations from September 1943 until April 1945. All squadrons within the division flew the long-distance Boeing B–17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber on raids into occupied Europe and Germany. There were forty-eight squadrons in the division based at Bassingbourn, Ridgewell, Nuthamstead, Podington, Chelveston, Thurleigh, Molesworth, Kimbolten, Grafton Underwood, Polebrook, Deenethorpe and Glatton.As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area—in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Constituted as the lst Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 the unit was activated at Brampton Grange, Huntingdon on 13 September 1943. It was assigned to the Eighth Air Force and redesignated lst Air Division in December 1944. The division served in combat in the European theater of Operations from September 1943 until April 1945. All squadrons within the division flew the long-distance Boeing B–17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber on raids into occupied Europe and Germany. There were forty-eight squadrons in the division based at Bassingbourn, Ridgewell, Nuthamstead, Podington, Chelveston, Thurleigh, Molesworth, Kimbolten, Grafton Underwood, Polebrook, Deenethorpe and Glatton.

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Information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Aviation
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781844154531
eBook ISBN
9781783409310
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. INTRODUCTION - The 8th Air Force Bombing Offensive 1942–5
  6. The Airfields
  7. 1 - Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire, now Cambridgeshire
  8. 2 - Bassingbourn (Station 121), Cambridgeshire
  9. 3 - Bovingdon (Station 112), Hertfordshire
  10. 4 - Cheddington (Station 113), Hertfordshire
  11. 5 - Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire
  12. 6 - Deenethorpe (Station 128), Northamptonshire
  13. 7 - Glatton (Conington) (Station 130), Huntingdonshire
  14. 8 - Grafton Underwood (Station 106) Northamptonshire
  15. 9 - Harrington (Station 179), Northamptonshire
  16. 10 - Kimbolton (Station 117), Huntingdonshire
  17. 11 - Molesworth (Station 107), Huntingdonshire, now Cambridgeshire
  18. 12 - Nuthampstead (Station 131), Hertfordshire
  19. 13 - Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire
  20. 14 - Polebrook (Station 110), Northamptonshire
  21. 15 - Ridgewell (Station 167), Essex
  22. 16 - Thurleigh (Station 111), Bedfordshire
  23. APPENDIX I - Summary of the Airfields
  24. APPENDIX II - 1st Air Divison Order of Battle
  25. APPENDIX III - Additional Places of Interest–the American Connection
  26. APPENDIX IV - Further Information
  27. Glossary
  28. Bibliography