2015

TM1375 : View along Liberator Way

taken 9 years ago, near to Brome, Suffolk, England

View along Liberator Way
View along Liberator Way
The road (and public footpath) skirts the northern periphery of the Brome Industrial Estate. It is named after the Liberator bomber aircraft flown from RAF Eye, which was an active airfield during WW2. Part of a spectacle aircraft dispersal can be seen at right, on the other side of the fence.
RAF Eye (USAAF Station 134)

The aerodrome at Eye was one of the last wartime airfields to be built in Suffolk. It was opened on 1 May 1944 and used by the 490th Bombardment Group of the US Army Air Forces. The group formed part of the 8th Air Force's 3rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) and had the lowest loss rate of all the 8th USAAF bombardment groups.

In November 1945 the aerodrome was transferred to RAF Bomber Command and finally sold off by the Air Ministry during 1962/63. Over the years parts of the airfield including the former Technical site were developed into an industrial area. A handful of the original buildings have survived on the Technical site. The remaining land is once again mainly in agricultural use.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Eye Airfield Industrial Estate [22] · Brome Industrial Estate [21] · Liberator Way [6] ·
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TM1375, 98 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 3 June, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 4 June, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 1352 7591 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:20.3812N 1:7.9740E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 1356 7592
View Direction
WEST (about 270 degrees)
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