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Glatton
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Glatton
tower 31/03/1945 (©
457th BG, USAAF via Simon Dunham)
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RAF
Glatton airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
private airfield
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43 and rooftop Visual
Control Room
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Tower:
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Original
tower demolished and replaced with modern tower/clubhouse
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Other
Buildings:
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Very
few
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History:
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01/44 to 06/45, 748th, 749th, 750th and 751st Bombardment
Squadrons of the 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 'Fait Accompli', from
the USA with B-17G Flying Fortress bombers, flew 237 missions losing 83
B-17s in action, final mission flown 20/04/45. 06/45 to 04/46,
No. 3 Group Bomber Command with Lancasters and Liberators flying to the
Middle East.07/45 to 09/47, Used by 273 Maintenance Unit, airfield sold 1948. |
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Gatton
airfield - 457th Bomb Group -
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Early
view of Glatton tower 1944 (©
457th BG, USAAF via Mark Brotherton)
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April
1945
(© 457th BG, USAAF)
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Later
view of Glatton tower with the rooftop VCR 1944
(© 457th BG, USAAF via Mark Brotherton)
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Glatton
tower on VE Day 06/1945 (©
457th BG, USAAF via Mark Brotherton)
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Gatton
airfield - 457th Bomb Group -
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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/1943
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Closed:
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/1946
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ID Code:
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GT
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USAAF Station:
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130
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Runways:
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3x - tarmac and wood
chips
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Hangars:
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2x - T2
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County:
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Huntingdonshire
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Location:
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10 miles N of Huntingdon
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OS Ref:
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TL186868
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs copyright
© as stated
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RAF
Gatton airfield - 457th Bomb Group -
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The
modern replacement control tower/clubhouse 2001
(©
Robert Truman)
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Glatton
airfield 1943-46 - 457th Bomb Group -
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Triangle
'U' coded early B-17(E?) of the 457th BG - but that tower is NOT at Glatton,
anyone know where the photo was taken? 1940s
(©
USAAF, via Harry Holmes)
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Glatton
airfield 1943-46 - 457th Bomb Group -
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RAF
Glatton 457 BG airport + air control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2006 - Glatton -
457th Bomb Group |