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Early view of Glatton tower 1944 (© USAAF via Mark Brotherton)
Glatton airfield
Airfield Today:
Agriculture, private airfield
Tower Type:
Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43 and rooftop Visual Control Room
Tower:
Original tower demolished and replaced with new tower/clubhouse
Other Buildings:
Very few
History:
1/44 to 6/45, 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 20/4/45.
6/45 to 4/46, No. 3 Group Bomber Command with Lancasters and Liberators flying to the Middle East.
7/45 to 9/47, Used by 273 MU, airfield sold 1948.
Later view of Glatton tower with the rooftop VCR 1944 (© USAAF via Mark Brotherton)
Glatton tower on VE Day 6/1945 (© USAAF via Mark Brotherton)
RAF and 8th USAAF Station
Airfield:
Operational Bomber
Opened:
/1943
Closed:
/1946
ID Code:
GT
USAAF Station:
130
Runways:
3, tarmac and wood chips
Hangars:
2- T2
County:
Huntingdonshire
Location:
10 miles N of Huntingdon
OS Ref:
TL186868
Links:
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Photographs copyright © as stated
2001 Post war replacement control tower/clubhouse (© Robert Truman)
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? 1940's (© USAAF, via Harry Holmes)
Glatton airfield 1943-46 - 457th BG -
RAF Glatton 457 BG airport + air control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2006