USAAF Bottisham

USAAF Bottisham
Cambridge, United Kingdom (GB)
Not much left of this WWII US Army Airforce Base but a single scar.

Station 374, 6 m E of Cambridge: RAF 241 Sq. (Lysanders), 652 Air Operation Post (AOP); USAAF 361st Fighter Group (734/375/376 FS) (P47 Thunderbolts), later 66th FG (374/375/376 FS), RAF 241 Sq. (Tiger Moths, P51 Mustangs), now: agriculture, control tower and some building remains, lych gate memorial to Col. Thomas J Christian Jr, CO 361st FG.
Not much left of this WWII US Army Airforce Base but a single scar.

Station 374, 6 m E of Cambridge: RAF 241 Sq. (Lysanders), 652 Air Operation Post (AOP); USAAF 361st Fighter Group (734/375/376 FS) (P47 Thunderbolts), later 66th FG (374/375/376 FS), RAF 241 Sq. (Tiger Moths, P51 Mustangs), now: agriculture, control tower and some building remains, lych gate memorial to Col. Thomas J Christian Jr, CO 361st FG.
View in Google Earth Abandoned, Military - Historic
Links: www.455th.ukpc.net
By: kjfitz

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@ 2005-11-21 12:04:46
my father flew from Bottisham and was KIA August 12, 1944

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