Comments on: Review: 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum at Thorpe Abbotts

By: Alastair

Alastair — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:28:19 +0000

In reply to B W Marshall. Hi. I'm not sure, but I don't think they were at Thorpe Abbotts at any time. A quick search suggests possibly RAF Mount Farm in Oxfordshire.

By: B W Marshall

B W Marshall — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 14:33:43 +0000

Where was 13th reconnaissance squadron located

By: Alastair

Alastair — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:17:33 +0000

In reply to Stephen Rich.

It’s a good museum isn’t it? 🙂
Thanks for your insights, Stephen.

By: Stephen Rich

Stephen Rich — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:50:42 +0000

I spent a good day here on Saturday. Lovely memorial to the 100th. Some lovely displays and exhibits.
“The Sad Sack” was a cartoon strip by American cartoonist George Baker, that showed an inept, bumbling private and published in Yank: The American newspaper.
Service personnel couldn’t get used to the local pubs and the quaintness, often rowdy. In an effort to improve Anglo-American relations British pubs were made ‘off limits’ so servicemen took it upon themselves to obtain several barrels of the local brew and set up their own hostelry on site, usually in an old tool shed. The 100th at Thorpe Abbotts names theirs after the comic.

By: Alastair

Alastair — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 21:26:48 +0000

In reply to Michael. Yes, there are some really interesting memorials and memorial museums in that part of the world. I've seen a number of them, but not Hardwick yet. 🙂

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:29:56 +0000

Many of the old bases in Norfolk have memorials remembering the history of their own bomb groups. Check out hardwickfilm (supplied link now broken – Alastair) to see the documentary on the 93rd Bomb Group!