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During 1942 to 1945 Warton Aerodrome was Base Air Depot No. 2, Station 582 of the U.S. 8th Air Force. In the three years it was active it processed over 10,000 aircraft and saw over 45,000 aircraft movements. Every type of American aircraft used in the European Theatre of Operations visited B.A.D.2. The unit also processed over 422,120 aero engines, parachutes, accessories, armaments, radios and instruments. The work done here was essential to the war in Europe. Please also see: https://bad2.co.uk/
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Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Warton | 18 August 1942 – 3 September 1945 |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | Base Air Depot 2
Trained with 312FS, 338FG. Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Military | Sergeant | Ground Crew | Base Air Depot 2
ETO, Good Conduct
Military | Flight Officer | Fighter Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to Base Air Depot 2, 8AF USAAF.
Military | Corporal | BAD Ground Staff | Base Air Depot 2
Military | Corporal | Mechanic | Base Air Depot 2
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ground Crew | Base Air Depot 2
Packed parachutes for airmen. At Freckleton at time of B 24 crashing into local school during thunderstorm.
Military | Corporal | Medic | Base Air Depot 2
Originally served as a combat medic attached to the 253rd Combat Engineers. After being wounded in France, he was transferred to the Eighth Air Force, 2nd Strategic Air Depot.
Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | Base Air Depot 2
Killed in Action (KIA). P-51B #43-12415. On 4 Jan 1944 believed to have crashed at sea west of Fleetwood, Lancashire on local test flight.
Military | Private First Class | Supply | Base Air Depot 2
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | Base Air Depot 2
Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Test pilot on B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II' which had completed an air test, when hit be lightning in a thunderstorm, having aborted it's landing at base. A/C crashed into the Frekleton school and adjacent snack bar....
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Chatres, A/C P-51B 42-106720 suffered engine troubles, A/C abandoned and crashed near Châteaudun on 17-Jun-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5945.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Tinker 12/5/43; Lincoln 20/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Framlingham; Horham 15/6/43;
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; en route to UK aircraft force landed Clonakilty, N. Ireland 7/4/43 with Bill Thomas, Co-pilot: Jim Stapleton, Navigator: Bill Prochaska, Bombardier: Collis Hayes, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Thompson frost-bitten feet, Radio...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26-Jan-43; Pueblo 1-Feb-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 10-Jun-43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 2-Jul-43; 14m, (force landed Eye AF 22/2/44), transferred SAD 1-Mar-44; 94BG Rougham 25-Jul-43; 25BG Watton 1-Apr-44; 2 BAD 19-Jun-44;...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine Fd 28/11/43; Portland 2/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Chicago 21/12/43; La Guardia 22/12/43; Grenier 24/12/43; Presque Is 30/12/43; Assigned Soxo 1/1/44 at Toome, N.I.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; Salina 19/1/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-D/B] Chelveston 1/2/43; transferred AFSC 5/4-9/5/43 and 29/7-12/10/43; 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 20/3/44; Returned to the USA 8/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Cheyenne 3/3/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 4/8/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-Q] Kimbolton 23/4/43; 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 4/4/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 25/7/44; Tinker 6/8/44; Patterson 27...
Mosquito
Crashed, RAF Warton, Belly Landing. 17th June 1944. Charles W Himes (pilot) USAAF. Written Off, Damaged Beyond Repair.
Mosquito
Minor damage ground looped, RAF Warton / USAAF Station 582, 18th March 1944. Charles W. Himes (pilot) USAAF. Struck Off Charge 17th June 1946.
B-24 Liberator
After leaving 486th BG in July 1944, was put in storage at a depot and not received by 492nd BG at Harrington until between 7 & 23 Dec 44. Never flew in 492nd BG as a Carpetbagger. It remained a bomber (even after being painted black) and flew on all...
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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02 March 2020 11:34:31 | miAmigo | Changes to description |
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Added BAD 2 Association website |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
17 March 2015 16:18:55 | BAD-2 UK | Changes to description and stations |
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Details from research carried out by BAE Systems Warton Aerodrome Heritage Centre and "Bomble Bee". |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
17 March 2015 12:04:26 | BAD-2 UK | Changes to type, nicknames, motto, air forces and aircraft types |
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Details from research carried out by BAE Systems Warton Aerodrome Heritage Centre and "Bomble Bee". |
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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) |