Saffron Walden
Military site
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FRE 9818
The operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing at Saffron-Walden. Printed caption on reverse: '60493 AC- Plotting table in the operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England. US Air Force photo.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Headquarters 65th Fighter Wing.
Exact location unknown.
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Detailed History
Housed in the requisitioned Saffron Walden Grammar School (Dame Bradbury's School), with an operations room constructed inside the school hall.
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-678031
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 355th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: 19170564 / O-774024
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-065327
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-65338
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-694075
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
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Sources
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)
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