Brampton Grange
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UPL 5313
Headquarters Squadron1943 Outside front of Brampton Park Officers Mess
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The First Air Division HQ was established at the Grange Hotel, Brampton and very quickly became operational on 15th June 1942 under the command of Colonel Claude E Duncan; on 19th August, Brampton was officially activated as the First Bomb Wing Headquarters.
This was also the site of No 16 'Splasher' medium frequency radio beacons used to enable formation assembly in 'solid overcast' weather.
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- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Bomb Wing
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbramptonwyton/aboutus/historyofrafbrampton.cfm
Miller, 2007.
Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)