1516th Quartermaster Battalion
Battalion
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Bures
Military site : non-airfield
Advance Ammunition Parks used by the RAF were often enlarged to include USAAF munitions. These dumps which might exploit natural cave systems or dense woodland, also included concrete structures as a means of protection. Some were also used to store poison gas bombs or chemical weapons.
Exact location unknown.
Detailed history
Detailed information about the construction of this large network of storage spaces and the roads that connected them is available here: http://www.bures.me.uk/FAD/trialpage.htm
Referred to as 'Hill Farm' in at least one USAAF official document.
English Heritage's record description
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2108th Ordnance Ammunition Battalion
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766th Chemical Depot Company
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Grubb
Military | Colonel | Wing Commander
Wing Commander, 8th Air Force Combat Support Wing. Colonel Grubb conducted an inspection tour of 8th AF Combat Support Wing Installations commencing 1st Nov. 1943. At Col. Grubb's request he was accompanied by Colonel Ganoe. They were also...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 March 2015 09:44:43 | Lucy May | Changes to known as and history |
| Sources | ||
Research by Alan Beales on http://www.bures.me.uk/FAD/trialpage.htm Research using official USAAF documents by Duncan Simpson. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991). |
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