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

Irene Mary Dziubinski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Women's Army Corps 2nd Air Division Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (1st Bomb Division)
  • Service Numbers: A706141
  • Role/Job: Women's Army Corps
General James O Hodges visits Colonel Thompson of the 448th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'B/G James P Hodges (rt) with Col Thompson 448 BG (left).' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '448 BG- 2nd BD Co General Hodges visiting Col Thompson.'

James Pratt Hodges

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
  • Service Numbers: O-10891
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General

Franklin Pierce Norton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14134768
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Walter Raymond Peck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 467th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-10768
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
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

Emma M Utter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Women's Army Corps Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
  • Service Numbers: A-601474
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • 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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