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The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn: The 91st Bombardment Group in World War II. ISBN 0-88740-810-9. Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Maurer, M. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. USAF ...
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
Opened in 1974, the Tower Museum, Bassingbourn is located in the original pre-war air traffic control (ATC) tower (watch office) of RAF Bassingbourn. The museum is focused on the history of the airfield during the Second World War and the men and women of the RAF and USAAF who trained and worked there during that war.
Sir Keith Park – New Zealander – AOC No. 11 Group RAF during Battle of Britain; Sir Frank Whittle – Co-inventor of the turbojet; Guy Gibson – Dambusters raid leader and VC holder; Leonard Cheshire – Charity founder and VC holder; Henry Allingham – World War I veteran and last surviving founder member of the RAF
Three bases (Chelveston, Molesworth, and Polebrook) also had a J-type brick-and-metal hangar; 300 by 151 feet (91.4 by 46.0 metres), in addition to a pair of T2's, and Bassingbourn, which had been a pre-war RAF bomber station, had four C-type brick hangars measuring 300 by 152 feet (91.4 by 46.3 metres).
During a late afternoon routine training mission about a mile off Miami Beach and Key Biscayne, Marine Corps 1st Lt. Richard Lee McCombs experienced “catastrophic” oil-pressure loss in the ...
Boeing B-50 Superfortress (49–2600 of the 93d Bombardment Group at RAF St Eval in 1950. On 3 September 1949, a WB-29 over the north Pacific Ocean detected a large radiation cloud. Analysis showed that this cloud was from an atomic explosion on the Asian mainland sometime between 26 and 29 August.
William H. Macy (born 1950), Academy Award-nominated for Fargo; Kristin Minter (born 1965), model and actress from Home Alone and ER. Julio Oscar Mechoso (1955–2017), The Legend of Zorro; Camila Mendes (born 1994), American-Brazilian actress, Riverdale; Anya Taylor-Joy (born 1996), actress, born in Miami; Eva Mendes (born 1974), actress