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Heather Taylor of the Women's Land Army with Sam, a Corporal of the 390th Bomb Group, from Brooklyn.
Control Tower, Parham Airfield Museum
Parham Airfield Museum
Parham Airfield Museum
Top of the Control Tower, Parham Airfield Museum
James S Mayall Jr Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands
RAF memorial, Gorleston, Norfolk, on the sea wall
RAF memorial, Gorleston, Norfolk, on the sea wall
390th Bomb Group Harchment, St Michael's Church, Framlingham
Staff Sergeant Jack Gilbraith in middle of photo. Waist Gunner 390th- 569th Framlingham Missions: 338663 267 Brunswick, GE 03/03/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338393 269 Langendreer GE 03/08/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338784 273 Siegen GE 03/12/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 274 Seelze GE 03/14/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 339064 277 Berlin GE 03/18/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 279 Handorf GE 03/21/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 280 Ahlhorn-Oldenburg GE 03/22/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 281 Schwerte-Holzeickede 03/23/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 283 Ziegenhain GE 03/24/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 285 Hamburg GE 03/30/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 287 Kiel GE 04/03/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 290 Leipzig GE 04/06/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338784 292 Eger GE 04/08/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 293 Munich GE 04/09/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 297 Royan France 04/15/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 298 Royan France 04/16/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 299 Aussig GE 04/17/1945 Gilbraith, John L Waist Gunner 42 338390 301 Oranienburg GE 04/20/1945
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and was for two years used as a transit camp to help with the relocation of displaced Polish people . The airfield’s land was returned to agriculture from 1948. In 1981 a museum was opened in the restored control tower, which today tells the story of the 390th Bomb Group.
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The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses
from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in
Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion
of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force
Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first,
shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft
factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Headquarters
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Born and raised in Montana, Charles Baker was
living with his parents in San Carlos, Florida in 1940. After 3 years in
college, he enlisted in California in October 1941 and trained as a
bomber pilot. Assigned to the 390th Bomb Group/570th Bomb...
Military | Ground Echelon | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 55
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 28 May 1944 in B-17 #4232089. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner , Bombadier / Togglier | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 82 Thomas Joseph Carpenter was a
SSGT in the Army Air Force attached to the 8th Air Force . He was with
the 390th Bomb Group in the 571st Squadron . He was a waist gunner and
bombadier . He arrived in England on May 22nd , 1944 and was...
Military | Sergeant | Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Gunner on
B-17G 42-102936. Mid-air collision. Crashed near Hitchin, England.
Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Damaged by flak and ditched in channel in B-17 #4297830
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1943 in B-17 #423557. Killed in Action (KIA).
Crew Number 46
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier; Togglier | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed near Malmedy in B-17 #4230642
Military | Corporal | Toxic Gas Handler | 390th Bomb Group
Robert Fanion served as a Toxic Gas Handler with
the 878th Chemical Company at Framlingham (Parham) airfield with the
390th Bomb Group.
...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 414BS/97BG 3/42 THE BIG BITCH; with Lt.
Claire M. Smartt on 1st AF mission 17/8/42; tran 390BG Framlingham
27/6/42 and 95BG HANGAR QUEEN; 327BS/92BG Bovingdon 24/8/42; Navigator:
John Segrest (wia), Bob Smith (wia); Waist gunner: Hubert...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 340BS/97BG Polebrook 15/4/42; transferred
390BG Framlingham 29/6/42; 407BS/92BG [PY-N] Bovingdon /9/42;
401BS/91BG [LL-X] Bassingbourn 22/7/43; 613BS/401BG [IN-P], then 612BS
[SC-X] Deenethorpe, Nth. 6/11/43; /390BG Framlingham, 6/11/43; 600BS...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; MacDill 20/3/43;
Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham
5/4/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg (12m) 28/5/44 with Walt Weigle,
Co-pilot: Chas RichardsonWounded in Action, Navigator: Herman...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd
4/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 6/4/44; with L.J. Price,
force landed 4/8/44 sal; with M.S. Roy force landed Framlingham AFB
25/12/44; with H. Rivet force landed France 20/2/45; with J.E....
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Billings 16/3/43; Gr
Island 29/3/44; Grenier 1/4/44; slated 398BG, Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A]
Horham 8/4/44; 21m, transferred 571BS/390BG [FC-X] Framlingham 1/6/44
ODD BALL; Waist gunner: Bob Kincaid (Killed in Action) on...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow
Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/4/44; transferred 571BS/390BG
[FC-N] Framlingham 9/4/44; Missing in Action {4m} Freidrichahafen
29/4/44 with Bob Rayburn, Co-pilot: Henry Crowley, Navigator: Murray...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; MacDill 29/3/44;
Bangor 7/4/44; slated 94BG, Assigned 390BG Framlingham 4/4/44;
transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-A] Snetterton 5/4/44; Missing in Action
Weisbaden 10/11/44 with Art Brodsky, Co-pilot: Art Mortenson,
Navigator:...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow
Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 11/4/44; Missing in
Action Berlin 19/5/44 with Dick Tannehill, Navigator: Bob Horst,
Bombardier: Elmer Leggett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow
Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-F] Framlingham 8/4/44; Missing in
Action Munich 13/7/44 with George Spann, Co-pilot: Theo Becker,
Navigator: Prospero Demarco, Bombardier: Jim Webb, Flight engineer...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 30/3/44; Dow
Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 8/4/44; Missing in
Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Harry Stewart, Co-pilot: Norman Quest,
Navigator: Marris Todd, Bombardier: Dan Clark, Flight engineer...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 November 2016 14:23:00 | Lucy May | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Connected aircraft records that have the word 'Framlingham' in their biography fields. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978) |
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