Bomb Groups in Norfolk

The books in this series are A5, pocket sized photo histories of the life and times of the American service men who were part of the USAAF stationed in Norfolk during WWII.

The greater majority of the photos in all the books were taken by those men with their own cameras. Some photos were official, some were semi-official and many were very un-official. The books show how the airfields and the men, their planes and their way of life through their own eyes. Each one is a unique pictorial time capsule.

They are printed on high quality gloss art paper with a full colour gloss card cover with the rear cover depicting the colourful jacket patches of the various operational squadrons. Each book also contains several pages of the now famous ‘nose Art’ which was one of the trade marks of the USAAF bomber squadrons. This series will make a great addition to the library of both the serious student of the history of Norfolk, WWII, or the USAAF; as well as the more casual reader with a general interest in East Anglia and its more recent history.

The 392^nd Bomb Group in Norfolk

The 392nd Bomb Group was based at Wendling, midway between the city of Norwich and the market town of Dereham. It was part of the 2^nd Air Division of the 8^th Air Force and was designated Station 118.

The 392^nd did not arrive in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) until August 1943 and as such only had time to amass 289 missions before the war’s end, though they did record some very, efficient and effective bombing raids. Their losses were fairly heavy compared to other 2^nd AD bomb groups. Today Wendling is a part of the International Turkey industry.

GBP £6.00 each (includes postage to UK address)

Publication date 2007