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Description: | Exterior of the original American Red Cross Club on Communal Site No.3, south of the main runway. Thurleigh Airfield operated as a USAAF base for B17 Flying Fortresses of the 306th Bombardment Group from September 1942 until 1945. In 1946 construction work began to convert the base into what was to become RAE Bedford. These buildings remained in use as workshops before they fell into derelict condition. Note the UHF/VHF transmitter situated behind. | Subjects: | World War Ii Airfield Military | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | Ferguson, Aldon P | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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