Ketteringham Hall

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media-13001.jpeg UPL 13001 Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former Headquarters 2nd Air Division.

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Object Number - UPL 13001 - Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Former Headquarters 2nd Air Division.

300-400 US servicemen were housed in Nissen huts built in what is now woodland next to the Hall.



At one time home to Team Lotus (Formula 1); currently privately owned with a memorial in the grounds.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Women's Army Corps 2nd Air Division
  • Service Numbers: A-203184
  • Role/Job: Women's Army Corps
Private First Class Emma Utter of the Women's Army Corps paints the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane" of the 392nd Bomb Group. Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'A W.A.C. Christens A Liberator. To honour their khaki-klad sisters, the W.A.C.S. - members of the crew of a Liberator, operating from a British base, painted on their ship the W.A.C. insignia - the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athene and named the 'plane G
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Women's Army Corps 2nd Air Division
  • Service Numbers: A-200081
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Women's Army Corps
Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps with a bomber crew of the 392nd Bomb Group and a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane". Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'A W.A.C. Christens A Liberator. To honour their khaki-klad sisters, the W.A.C.S. - members of the crew of a Liberator, operating from a British base, painted on their ship the W.A.C. insignia - the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athene and named the 'plane G.I. Jane.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
  • Service Numbers: A-906563
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Switchboard Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: British
  • Unit: Royal Air Force 44th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Liason
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Women's Army Corps 2nd Air Division
  • Service Numbers: A-304089
  • Role/Job: Women's Army Corps

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Office of History, Headquarters Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe; Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945, Revised and Expanded Edition (February1967, Revised October 1980).
http://norfolksamericanconnections.com/

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