Neaton
Military site
The Eighth in the East
Object Number - UPL 17660 - Official Air Ministry Record Site Plan- Dispersed sites 1943. Neaton.
During the US occupancy of Watton the 3rd Strategic Air Depot was also incorporated. This depot was for the repair of all 2nd Air Division B-24 Liberators and remained functional until July 1945. Confusion arises as the base was established to the north of Griston, but named after Neaton, a village north of Watton.
Black GI units based at Neaton.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 335th Fighter Squadron 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15195190 / O-802972
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14128382 / O-721954
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 89th Depot Repair Squadron
- Role/Job: Airplane Sheet Metal Worker
Revisions
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://forum.armyairforces.com/Air-DepotsUS-and-European-theaters-m1542…
http://www.bjmjr/ww2/uk_83144.htm
