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BADA was responsible for the three Base Air Depots; #1 Burtonwood, #2 Warton & #3 Langford Lodge plus various sub units across the UK. Essentially had responsibility for th e provision,maintenance and modification and ultimately salvage or return to...
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Burtonwood | |
Based | Kenley | |
Based | Langford Lodge | |
Based | Liverpool | |
Based | St Mellons | |
Based | Valley | |
Based | Warton |
Military | Aircraft engine mechanic | 401st Air Depot
Acosta was a Civil Service Technician, a civilian serving under the US Forces at Warrington. He was sentenced to hard labour on 23 November 1943 for stealing £7 and interfering with US Army Mail while working at BAD 1.
Military | Captain | Chaplain
Methodist
Military | Tools & Supply
Military | Corporal | Sheet Metal
Military | Alternate Hanger Chief, Shift B
Military | Staff Sergeant | Mechanic
Military | Sergeant | Ground Crew
Military | Progress & Planning
Military | Captain | Pilot
KNO July 3, 1944 on a test flight in P38J a/c #44-23224.
DFC, AM w/ 3Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Private First Class | Hydraulic
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] New Castle 4/10/42; Thurleigh 26/10/42; transferred 369BS [WW- ]; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-A] Grafton Underwood 5/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 14/5/44; Reconstruction Finance...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; with C.J. Paine force landed Presque Is, ME 27/6/42; Bovingdon 8/42, used as ferry navigation a/c; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-L] Grafton Underwood 4/6/43 as t/t & hack 8/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 27/7/44;...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Salina 3/2/43; Nashville 23/2/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-G] Chelveston VANISHING VIRGIN 24/3/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 30/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-R] Snetterton 12/6/43 WABBIT TWACKS III; transferred 612BS/401BG [SC-X] Deenethorpe 13/12/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 17/3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 3/6/44...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Gore 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-V] Kimbolton 1/6/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 4/8/44; APH Knettishall, Crashed due to flak short of target [Oldenburg power station]...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Wright 30/6/43; Smoky Hill 20/7/43; Kearney 22/7/43; Dow Fd 25/7/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 28/7/43; 54m, transferred APH with Azon for Aphrodite missions, Knettishall; Aphrodite...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 14/7/43; Ogden 20/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-H] Podington 28/9/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 7/6/44 for Azon/Aphrodite equipment for Knettishall; Salvaged 20/6/45.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Scott 21/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 26/10/43; transferred 510BS/351BG [TU-N] Polebrook 18/11/43; to 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 8/6/44; Aphrodite/Azon Project Knettishall 7/44; 16m Missing in Action Siracourt 4/8...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered to Lincoln 9 December 1944. Transferred to Dow Field on 17 December 1944. Assigned to the 535BS/381BG [MS-Q] at Ridgewell on 22 December 1944, and lost its stabiliser in taxi accident on 11 April 1945 with B-17 44-8826; Assigned to Base...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 18/9/44; Hunter 5/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 8AF 7/11/44; Salvaged n/battle damaged 25/11/44.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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16 December 2014 16:28:26 | Lucy May | Changes to name |
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Changed name from 'Aldon Ferguson' back to 'Base Air Depot 1' |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
11 November 2014 19:21:34 | Aldon | Changes to type, category, name, nicknames, motto, air forces, aircraft types, unit encompassing associations and stations |
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First look and assessment, neeeds a lot of changes and corrections. Will slowly update and add material and photographs |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:46 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |