Photo Gallery

Chow line and Mess hall 1943 is actually part of Site 3. Latrine and Ablutions building are shown in upper part of picture and the short Nissen is identified as a picket post (there was supposed to be one at each site) but may have been used for other purposes. The one at Site 4 was used as a Post Office Photo courtesy of Earl Rudolph

100th BG Stained Glass window in the Memorial Chapel at the 8th Air Force Museum in Savannah Georgia.

Thrope Abbotts, Station 139: Location: 1 mile NW Thrope Abbotts village, Norfolk, (4 1/2 miles E Diss) Allocated 8AF as bomber base 4 June1942. First occupied 8AF June 1943. Officially transferred 8AF 20 July 1943. Transferred RAF 20 December 1945. Built 1942. Main contractor, John Laing & Son. Runways: concrete, 6300 ft. (099), 4200 ft. (350) and 4200 ft. (043). Aircraft dispersals: 36 pads with 15 loops added later in construction. Hangars: 2 dispersed. T2 Camp: utility buildings for 2894 persons.

Al Paul, Staff Officer who ran the Post Exchange.