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Cottage in Mill Road, Thorpe Abbotts
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 31 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
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Cottages in Mill Road, Thorpe Abbotts
The village of Thorpe Abbotts lies within the parish of Brockdish in the district of South Norfolk. During WWII the village became home to an airbase with the designation 139, Thorpe Abbotts. It was built in 1942 for the RAF by John Laing & Sons Ltd but was handed over to the Americans. The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived in June 1943 when construction work was barely finished. The unit bombed airfields, industries, marshalling yards, and missile sites in western Europe and completed a series of attacks against Berlin in March 1944. The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, dedicated to the USAAF's famous 'Bloody Hundredth' Bomb Group of WWII, is housed in the original airfield control tower near Thorpe Abbotts: http://www.100bgmus.org.uk/default.aspx . The airfield consisted of 50 hardstandings, three intersecting runways and it had two T-2 hangars which were erected adjacent to the technical site.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 31 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
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Cottages in Mill Road, Thorpe Abbotts
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 31 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
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Mill Road through Thorpe Abbotts
The village of Thorpe Abbotts lies within the parish of Brockdish in the district of South Norfolk. During WWII the village became home to an airbase with the designation 139, Thorpe Abbotts. It was built in 1942 for the RAF by John Laing & Sons Ltd but was handed over to the Americans. The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived in June 1943 when construction work was barely finished. The unit bombed airfields, industries, marshalling yards, and missile sites in western Europe and completed a series of attacks against Berlin in March 1944. The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, dedicated to the USAAF's famous 'Bloody Hundredth' Bomb Group of WWII, is housed in the original airfield control tower near Thorpe Abbotts: http://www.100bgmus.org.uk/default.aspx . The airfield consisted of 50 hardstandings, three intersecting runways and it had two T-2 hangars which were erected adjacent to the technical site.
See also: http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/RAF-Thorpe-Abbotts---USAAF-Station-139
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 31 Mar 2010
0.04 miles
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Cottages in Mill Road, Thorpe Abbotts
The village of Thorpe Abbotts lies within the parish of Brockdish in the district of South Norfolk. During WWII the village became home to an airbase with the designation 139, Thorpe Abbotts. It was built in 1942 for the RAF by John Laing & Sons Ltd but was handed over to the Americans. The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived in June 1943 when construction work was barely finished. The unit bombed airfields, industries, marshalling yards, and missile sites in western Europe and completed a series of attacks against Berlin in March 1944. The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, dedicated to the USAAF's famous 'Bloody Hundredth' Bomb Group of WWII, is housed in the original airfield control tower near Thorpe Abbotts: http://www.100bgmus.org.uk/default.aspx . The airfield consisted of 50 hardstandings, three intersecting runways and it had two T-2 hangars which were erected adjacent to the technical site.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 31 Mar 2010
0.04 miles
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Mill Road, Thorpe Abbotts
Road No.C352
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 11 Nov 2014
0.06 miles
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Mill Road & Mill Road Postbox
Postbox No.IP21 7063
Road No.C352
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 11 Nov 2014
0.07 miles
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Telephone Box & Mill Road Postbox
On Mill Road
Postbox No.IP21 7063
Road No.C352
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 11 Nov 2014
0.07 miles
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Telephone Box & Mill Road Postbox
On Mill Road
Postbox No.IP21 7063
Road No.C352
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 11 Nov 2014
0.07 miles
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Telephone Box & Mill Road Postbox
On Mill Road
Postbox No.IP21 7063
Road No.C352
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 11 Nov 2014
0.07 miles