Base Air Depot 1, US Strategic Air Forces

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media-6717.png UPL 6717 Personnel of the Base Air Depot 1 outside Nissen huts at Warrington.

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Left to right- Pop Raddle, G Basson, Dick Kingston, W [illegible] "Me", Steve Paras.'

Gerald R Haney, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Object Number - UPL 6717 - Personnel of the Base Air Depot 1 outside Nissen huts at Warrington. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Left to right- Pop Raddle, G Basson, Dick...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Burtonwood

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People

Don H Christenson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1, US Strategic Air Forces
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)

Gordon Fenicle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1, US Strategic Air Forces

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 381st Bomb Group inspect the damaged tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6883) nicknamed "RAFAAF" at Ridgewell, 11 April 1945. Printed caption on reverse: ' 66151 AC - Although the stabilizer was shot away while this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (Aircraft No. 46883) of the 381st Bomb Group, was on a mission over enemy territory, the plane and its crew returned to home base in England, 11 April 1945. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

44-6883

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rafaaf
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 Base Air Depot 1, US Strategic Air Forces 535th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

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)

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Object number: UPL 6717 - Personnel of the Base Air Depot 1 outside Nissen...