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 446^th Bomb Group in Norfolk

Although a major player in the 20^th Bombardment Wing, a Norfolk based Bomb Wing, by just a matter of the odd mile or two, the 446^th Bomb Group’s airfield, Bungay, was across the county line in Suffolk. The 446^th, nicknamed the ‘Bungay Buckaroos’ due to their allegiance to the cowboys of the wide open planes of mid America were proud of that county difference and were not afraid to let their feelings on the matter be known. Although earmarked as one of the Bomb Wings to take part in th ‘Big Week’ operations in early’44, they still played a major role in all missions before and after that concerted push against the Nazi War Industry.

GBP £6.00 each (includes postage to UK address)

Publication date June 2008