WW2 – The Americans in Sudbury » Life on the Base

World War II – The Americans in Sudbury 1944/45

Aerial view of Station 174 Sudbury

Plan of Station 174 Sudbury

Squadron insignia

Inside a quonset (nissen) hut

Local transport

Control tower from the air

Control tower from ground level

Briefing Room

Operations Room

Debriefing

The members of 1453 Ordinance Company- responsible for arming the aircraft

The key to the photo showing the members of 1453 Ordinance Company

The photographic section

MP at the main gate

A bleak mid Winter

Winter wheels

The bomb store

Ordnance Section

Base hospital

Young visitors

Private Thomas Rothwell

The bombstore

A 'Bronx special' for Hitler

Parachute packing

HQ building

Engineering section

B-24 inside Hangar No 2 May 30 1944.

Ground crew in front of a B-17

Mobile canteen

B-17 leaving Hanger No 1

Belly landing

GIs working in the Acton Place hospital.

Local visitors to the 'aircraft graveyard'

B-17 collision 2

B-17 collision 3

Flak damage

The 'aircraft graveyard'

Casualty

Casualty

It's over!

B-17 collision 1

Alan Phillips

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This section of the Gallery illustrates the working life of the air base

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Sudbury Museum Trust gratefully acknowledges the funding support of the 486th Bomb Group Association
Content: David Burnett
Construction: Simon Appleby
Design: Robin Drury

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