Aerial image: RAF Framlingham (aka Parham Airfield). 8th Air Force USAAF Station 153. Operating 1942-45. Home to up to 3500 personnel at its peak. 48-72 B17 Flying Fortresses. Today: Parham Airfield Museum. #RAFFramlingham #8thAirForce #Suffolk #390th #aerial #image
Wonderful visit to Parham Airfield #Museum #Suffolk 🙂
This is so much more than another #8thAirForce #USAF control tower 😊
Fabulous displays with clear interpretation, so much to see 👀
Helpful but not intrusive #volunteers
This really is worth the trip out 🛩
#heritage #aviation #WW2 #history
Look UP New Review! #SWWHistory #WWII #SWW #WargameResearch #P51MustangInAction #LarryDavis #DonGreer #AircraftNo45 #SquadronSignalPublications #8thAirForce #A36 #Merlin #BloodRedSkies #AcesHigh #WorldWarIIWargaming
Normandy, France, recently saw the unveiling of the first monument solely dedicated to the 8th #AirForce, with four life-sized bronze sculptures arriving from Boise, Idaho, via air transport donated by #AmericanAirlinesCargo.
#AmericanAirlines #Normandy #France #military #8thAirForce #Boise #Idaho
Here is another fantastic #Kodachrome image from the #USAAF photo archive. This B-24D-25-CO (41-44226) of the 330th Bombardment Squadron was photographed on a combat mission over occupied Europe sometime between late 1942 mid-1943. #WWII #WW2 #8thAirForce
New Review! #SWWHistory #WWII #SWW #WargameResearch #P38LightningInAction #GeneBStafford #DonGreer #AircraftSeries25 #SquadronSignalPublications #PacificWar #8thAirForce #BloodRedSkies #AcesHigh #WorldWarIIWargaming
Look Up New Old Book! #AirForceColors #Vol2ETOAndMTO1942to45 #DanaBell #DonGreer #SquadronSignalPublications #ETO #MTO #8thAirForce #9thAirForce #15thAirForce #BloodRedSkies #AcesHigh #WorldWarIIWargames
Look UP New OLD Book! #WargameResearch #P38LightningInAction #GeneBStafford #DonGreer #AircraftSeries25 #SquadronSignalPublications #PacificWar #8thAirForce #BloodRedSkies #AcesHigh #WorldWarIIWargaming
The price of victory in #WorldWarII. 8Apr45. #B-17G 42-31333 (Wee Willie) goes down over #Oranienberg, GE. Of the nine airmen on board, only the tail #gunner survived. This a/c was lost to an Me-262. #USAAF Photo #FlyingFortress
#warbirdWednesday #8thAirForce #WWIIHist
Look UP New Old Book! #P51MustangInAction #LarryDavis #DonGreer #AircraftNo45 #SquadronSignalPublications #8thAirForce #A36 #Merlin #BloodRedSkies #AcesHigh #WorldWarIIWargaming
Cover of Ipswich Guide from WWII
A little local history. Ipswich was surrounded by American military stations during the Second World War. Some of the troops were African American who faced segregation both in their camps and when they visited local towns including Ipswich. #Ipswich #8thAirForce #923rdEngineerAviationRegiment
The only airworthy B-17 flying in Europe.
B-17G Flying Fortress ‘Sally B’ based at Duxford. #B17 #FlyingFortress #Aircraft #Airshow #Bomber #8thairforce
#inktober2024 9) Sun. A rare commodity on the fieldwork of ‘24 my sketch is of the great seal of Ohio & a rising sun. When we excavated our B17 with Cotswold we visited Madingley cemetery. The American States seals are depicted in chapel stained glass. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans #8thAirForce
On May 1 1944, the African American #923rdEngineerAviationRegiment handed over Debach Airfield in Suffolk to the #8thAirForce The Press were on hand to record the event and I provide details for this unidentified film from the Pathe Archive in the comments below
youtu.be/H6DJcTHEFBU
Popped over to Madingley today to lay a wreath on behalf of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Georgia. With a nod to Norman Wells, who has faithfully carried out this duty for many years. #8thAirForce
Tarnation - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AvGeek #AviationHistory #AmericanHistory #USAAC #8thAirForce #BombingCampaign #AirWar #WWIIHistory #SWWHistory #WWII #SWW #WargameResearch #PathfinderPioneer
Here is the start of my final Rosie's Rivet Count #MastersOfTheAir #8thAirForce #100thBombGroup
Book shop find. I have never read it, but I can't help thinking we have lost something in book cover design since the 1970s. To artist 'give us a B-17 with guns blazing' to go with the exclamation mark...' #MastersOfTheAir #8thAirForce
