Birch
Airfield
eh-164.jpg
US_7PH_GP_LOC2_V_1100
Aerial photograph of Birch airfield, looking north east, 16 July 1943. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC2. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
Historic England
IWM, English Heritage Collection
Allocated to Eighth Air Force 1942 and built for Ninth Air Force use in 1943-1944, Birch was the temporary home of the 410th Bomb Group. It was an Eighth Air Force reserve airfield from 1944-1945, and used briefly by the RAF at the end of the war. It was closed and returned to agriculture and gravel pits in the 1940s and 50s.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18083965 / O-747222
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36368365 / O-750129
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35049974
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armourer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Role/Job: Medical Clerk
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 410th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38463021
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
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Sources
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994)
Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001)
Bruce Quarrie, Action Stations 10: Supplement and Index (Wellingborough, 1987)