8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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IWM catalogue record
This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.
P-51 Mustangs, including (HO-A, serial number 44-13530) nicknamed "Millie", of the 352nd Fighter Group lined up at Bodney. Written on slide casing: '487 FS/ 352 FG Bodney.'
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352nd Fighter Group
Group
The 352nd Fighter Group were based at Bodney, Norfolk from July 1943 until November 1945 but in the winter months of 1944/1945 detachments moved to bases in Belgium to provide extra air support to ground forces during the Battle of the Bulge and to... -
487th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-13530 'Babylon Panther' 'Dutchess' 'Millie'
P-51 Mustang
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44-14237 "Moonbeam McSwine"
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.
Locations
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Bodney
Military site : airfield
Before the Americans arrived Bodney was a grass-surfaced airfield. So when the 352nd Fighter Group arrived with heavy P-47 Thunderbolts, work was carried out to strengthen its roads and runways with steel matting, concrete and tarmac. Nissen huts also...
