381st Bomb Group - WWII

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A Long Way from Ridgewell - by Alex Hamilton
A Long Way from Ridgewell by Alex Hamilton 11th January 1944. The 8th Air force is building up to what will become known as ‘Big Week’. In ...
The USAAF makes its first raid on Occupied Europe – World War II Today
Boeing B-17F formation over Schweinfurt, Germany, on Aug. 17, 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo)
8th AF Airfield visit.....
381st BG memorial
B-17 Engine Change Six engines being serviced in foreground. The L-triangle tail marking identifies the 381st Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force. The 381st was based at Ridgewell Airfield in Essex.
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
Hollywood actors Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh with Lieutenant Mary Churchill and Colonel Harry Lebar, commanding officer of the 381st Bomb Group on the control tower at Ridgwell, during a visit 21 April 1944.
The WWII Fighter Gun Debate: Defensive Armament
B-17 Ball Turret Gunner. My great uncle was a belly gunner in one of these. It was before they were retractable. So every landing and even take off was stressful. You would be one of the first things scraped off in a crash.
B-17s rendezvous into formation