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It follows the World War II exploits of the Army Air Forces' 100th Bombardment Group, American airmen stationed at Royal Air Force Thorpe Abbotts airfield in Britain.
The group flew out of Thorpe Abbotts airfield near Diss, Norfolk, which has been captured in time and turned into a museum. Jonas Moore: 'They need to be remembered' ...
Thorpe Abbotts. Andy Trigg. BBC News, Norfolk. ... Masters of the Air, external tells the story of the 100th Bomb Group that flew B-17s out of Thorpe Abbotts airfield near Diss in Norfolk.
Thorpe Abbotts: Building the Set In the Thorpe Abbotts Control Tower, a model of how the airfield appeared during the war offers an eye-opening visual of the enormous operation.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT The Eighth Army Air Force's 100th Bomb Group — soon to be known as the Bloody 100th — arrives at Thorpe Abbotts airfield in East Anglia, England, in the spring of 1943, with an ...
Actors who played American airmen in a World War Two drama produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have visited the airfield where they were based. Masters of the Air, external tells the story ...
Actors who played American airmen in a World War Two drama produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have visited the airfield where they were based. Masters of the Air tells the story of the ...