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Airmen of the 486th Bomb Group inside the control room at Sudbury. Image via Roland A Andrews. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Inside Flying Control AAF station # 174 Sudbury, 486 B Gp.'
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Airmen of the 486th Bomb Group inside the control room at Sudbury. Image via Roland A Andrews. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Inside Flying Control AAF station # 174 Sudbury, 486 B Gp.'

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Units

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Locations

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection