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 93^rd Bomb Group in Norfolk

With the nickname of ‘Ted’s Travelling Circus’, the 93^rd Bomb Group were one of the first wave of USAAF 8^th Air Force Bomb Groups to arrive in England.

Based at Hardwick, on the Norfolk / Suffolk border, they were part of the 20^th Bombardment Wing of the 2^nd Air Division whose area straddled the county border. A long way from their warmth and fine weather, traditional to their origination Station at Barksdale Army Air Field, Louisiana, in the deep south of America, the 93^rd nonetheless gave a good account of their selves before the hostilities ended. Sadly it was to cost 670 men the ultimate sacrifice to get the job done.

GBP £6.00 each (includes postage to UK address)

Publication July2008