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<blockquote data-quote="FunkyMuffin" data-source="post: 363889" data-attributes="member: 49107"><p><strong>History:</strong> Compliments of wiki... “”RAF Thurleigh is a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_station">station</a> and was transferred to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force">Eighth Air Force</a> on 9 December 1942 and designated Station 111, and used for heavy bomber operations against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany">Nazi Germany</a>.</p><p></p><p>Thurleigh was one of 28 fields listed for use by the U.S. Eighth Air Force on 4 June 1942, tentatively designated station B-4, and was allocated on 10 August 1942. The RAF had found that the initial construction of Thurleigh was inadequate for the combat weight of B-24 bombers. After the departure of the RAF, Thurleigh's runways were lengthened, increased in thickness, and additional hardstands constructed to Class A standards so it could accommodate a USAAF heavy bomber group.</p><p></p><p>From 16 September 1943 though 25 June 1945, Thurleigh served as headquarters for the 40th Combat Bombardment Wing of the 1st Bomb Division.</p><p></p><p>The airfield was decommissioned in February 1994 and was closed in 1997””</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504883[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504884[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504885[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504886[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504887[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504888[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504889[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504890[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504891[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504892[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504893[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504894[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504895[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504896[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504897[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504898[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504899[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504900[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504901[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504902[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504903[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504904[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504905[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504906[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504907[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504908[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504909[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504910[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504911[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504912[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504913[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504914[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504915[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504916[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504917[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504918[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504921[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504919[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Thanks for looking</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FunkyMuffin, post: 363889, member: 49107"] [B]History:[/B] Compliments of wiki... “”RAF Thurleigh is a former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force']Royal Air Force[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_station']station[/URL] and was transferred to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces']United States Army Air Forces[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force']Eighth Air Force[/URL] on 9 December 1942 and designated Station 111, and used for heavy bomber operations against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany']Nazi Germany[/URL]. Thurleigh was one of 28 fields listed for use by the U.S. Eighth Air Force on 4 June 1942, tentatively designated station B-4, and was allocated on 10 August 1942. The RAF had found that the initial construction of Thurleigh was inadequate for the combat weight of B-24 bombers. After the departure of the RAF, Thurleigh's runways were lengthened, increased in thickness, and additional hardstands constructed to Class A standards so it could accommodate a USAAF heavy bomber group. From 16 September 1943 though 25 June 1945, Thurleigh served as headquarters for the 40th Combat Bombardment Wing of the 1st Bomb Division. The airfield was decommissioned in February 1994 and was closed in 1997”” [ATTACH type="full" alt="8F8942EA-89C0-41BB-8E51-3A633F64C63E.jpeg"]504883[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="9B2875B2-B8FD-4FC2-B6C3-37D51990E6C0.jpeg"]504884[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="6C64BB79-9939-4762-A526-F7A2EF81913A.jpeg"]504885[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="2C9F8B61-9FBC-4098-9107-43AB2B472BBE.jpeg"]504886[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="B923795E-D208-4216-99A7-B89AE634861B.jpeg"]504887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="521F576A-DD86-4822-A506-17C6392882F9.jpeg"]504888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="FB20A234-BD65-439D-B88E-DBEBFCF5EEDC.jpeg"]504889[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="3DACE4D3-E2C4-4D29-AB86-7492AECDCD6D.jpeg"]504890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="70AA1E58-1697-4D02-86F5-DE2D2375161D.jpeg"]504891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="DB092F7F-3C27-4289-838E-BDD59D2E11CE.jpeg"]504892[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="C02AFFBA-FC58-43F6-A69D-6BBACDF1D92C.jpeg"]504893[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="08B34FEF-A0D5-4170-A62F-24124C094986.jpeg"]504894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="D957F9F2-C9F7-4297-A5C4-F79C108C56B3.jpeg"]504895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="68A9C756-16BA-4BF5-9299-EA55218A681F.jpeg"]504896[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="B0294718-2D67-4893-88FF-A16F2BA4BEF8.jpeg"]504897[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="A092923F-21DB-4E2E-A825-6530347CCD5A.jpeg"]504898[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="8382879E-C1E9-482B-A3BB-28DFF1703A00.jpeg"]504899[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="D3812000-E60E-48CE-8887-F5AB5AB3F376.jpeg"]504900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="5901FD7F-4BE3-4C72-BCB6-A11FDE3CFEF7.jpeg"]504901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="C2FA27DE-3F8C-4967-89C0-16EC0230BDB0.jpeg"]504902[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="16C82AEE-627A-480E-ABDF-8DCBD64B8BF6.jpeg"]504903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="CB7D06C4-B66E-41B3-8C07-56920A5DCCCC.jpeg"]504904[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="A9AFC398-E8CA-4048-B030-CE4AD418DF0C.jpeg"]504905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="066652E0-2857-41FC-975F-A6FF2151AA9F.jpeg"]504906[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="04D5AC25-E2D7-434E-9E5C-AB83F6592E87.jpeg"]504907[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="F80CB3FA-4D84-42D8-B136-F91C3C74C8C8.jpeg"]504908[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="77ECF41A-1320-4972-8E1C-7DE71FCE34E5.jpeg"]504909[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="0CFE88FC-EB06-443A-ABD3-2C8A9DA6DD57.jpeg"]504910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="ADCC77C0-ABC1-4938-BD3B-BF1CB94DBBBD.jpeg"]504911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="BC6686E6-EC9B-4C25-8120-8698DF58EE98.jpeg"]504912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="63A69AF4-0A95-4E92-A60E-70641B55272B.jpeg"]504913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="9AA57B55-6CB1-4C82-B786-E8B267730A33.jpeg"]504914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="B864FB62-B5AF-4643-AB63-ED9BC0D54BF0.jpeg"]504915[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="7C505815-58EB-4553-9443-AEC77C77294A.jpeg"]504916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1CA247B6-F40A-45F9-BDB5-B06C98887445.jpeg"]504917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="8093369D-10D3-4F2E-822F-EF42E79C046B.jpeg"]504918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="58D0468E-4F35-4FF1-9D38-E1447EB5A822.jpeg"]504921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="DA62F653-D527-44BF-8C77-0C92DD8A9A20.jpeg"]504919[/ATTACH] Thanks for looking [/QUOTE]
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