2014

TM1780 : WW2 relics near Billingford Wood

taken 10 years ago, near to Upper Street, Norfolk, England

WW2 relics near Billingford Wood
WW2 relics near Billingford Wood
This is all that remains of the buildings on Site 1 which was where the 531st bombardment squadron of RAF Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139) was quartered.

The airfield has long since been returned to agriculture and the farmers make use of the concrete tracks and hardstandings. During WWII the village of Thorpe Abbotts became home to an airbase with the designation 139, Thorpe Abbotts. It was built in 1942 for the RAF by John Laing & Sons Ltd but was handed over to the Americans. The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived in June 1943 when construction work was barely finished. The unit bombed airfields, industries, marshalling yards, and missile sites in western Europe and completed a series of attacks against Berlin in March 1944. The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, dedicated to the USAAF's famous 'Bloody Hundredth' Bomb Group of WWII, is housed in the original airfield control tower near Thorpe Abbotts: LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) . The airfield consisted of 50 hardstandings, three intersecting runways and it had two T-2 hangars which were erected adjacent to the technical site.

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Geographical Context: Defence, Military
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Concrete Tracks and Hardstandings [18] · Remains of the Buildings [5] ·
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TM1780, 71 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 9 August, 2014   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 9 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 1739 8015 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:22.5736N 1:11.5415E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 1738 8013
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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