Brampton Grange
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Object Number - UPL 5313 - Headquarters Squadron1943 Outside front of Brampton Park Officers Mess
The First Air Division HQ was established at the Grange Hotel, Brampton and very quickly became operational on 15th June 1942 under the command of Colonel Claude E Duncan; on 19th August, Brampton was officially activated as the First Bomb Wing Headquarters.
This was also the site of No 16 'Splasher' medium frequency radio beacons used to enable formation assembly in 'solid overcast' weather.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-16777
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Bomber Command 1st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-10995
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding General, 8th Air Force Bomber Command
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Fighter Group
- Service Numbers: O-346972
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Ordnance Department
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 1st Air Division 1st Bomb Division Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (1st Bomb Division)
- Role/Job: 1st Bomb Division Headquarters Reconnaissance Analyst (Photo Section)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 41st Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-17187
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
Revisions
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbramptonwyton/aboutus/historyofrafbrampton.cfm
Miller, 2007.
Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)
