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806:(60 miles southeast of Paris). Four of the crew were captured but six managed to evade capture including 1Lt Gilbert T Showalter (navigator) and 2Lt Jack E. Williams (co-pilot) were able to evade capture. Flickinger and the bombardier were captured the same day. George Dillard, the ball turret gunner, and Kenneth J. Kurtenback, the tail gunner managed to evade capture for thirteen days, but were captured in Dijon, France on Christmas Day, 1942.
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exist just east of the facility, at the intersection of the B660 and
Brington Road at the edge of Old Weston. Crumbling buildings, mostly from the 1950s were also demolished and removed. In its place an infrastructure to accommodate nuclear missiles (storage bunkers, watch tower, machine guns pits)
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Resupply Group in 1953, the station was modernised with the construction of a 9,000 feet jet runway and permanent facilities, overlaid over the Second World War Eighth Air Force airfield. This configuration existed until
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did not have any of his heavy Eighth Air Force bomb groups ready for operational missions. Two of the 15th's planes did not return from the mission, along with one RAF aircraft. The plane of the squadron commander, Captain
Charles Kegelman, was shot up badly and almost did not return after striking
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The only structure left on military land was the Eirene Peace Chapel which had been started by Tim and Bridie Wallis. This was fenced off by the military authorities and was demolished on 14 April 1986. In later years, the Peace Garden was maintained on an ad hoc basis by a network of
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rebuilt
Molesworth. All of the Second World War runways, taxiways, hardstands, as well as a 9,000 ft jet runway laid down in the 1950s were removed. The only surviving remnants of the Second World War era are two T.2 hangars and one J-Type hangar on the former airfield. A cluster of wartime
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Campaigns. When the 27th
Bombardment Group was inactivated and transferred back to the United States for re-equipping, the surviving members of the group were first transferred back to the United States, then to the UK in May where they received their Bostons from No. 226 Squadron RAF.
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Northamptonshire. An announcement, in early 2016, stated that the site was one of twelve that will be sold as part of the strategy for the MOD Estate, although no date for the sale was given. In February 2019 the Ministry of Defence announced that RAF Molesworth would be retained.
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On 20 April 1945 the aircraft was caught in an Allied air-raid on
Oranienburg airfield and was damaged. In 2000, the German government started redeveloping this former airfield and parts of "Wulfe Hound" were recovered and are preserved at Sachsenhausen Memorial Store.
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arrived by RAF helicopter, wearing a camouflage jacket over his suit. The roads around the station were blocked by lorries carrying construction materials and fencing. The cost of the operation to clear and fence RAF Molesworth was in the order of £6.5 million.
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Control Tower, taken on 28 September 1944, with wing staff waiting on the return of the 303d Bombardment Group from a mission. Note Lockheed/Vega B-17G-60-VE Fortress 44-8328 359th Bombardment Squadron (Code BN) parked next to
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standard, with all of its runways extended to American specifications for heavy 4-engined bombers. The main runway was lengthened to 2,000 yards and the number of hardstands increased to fifty. It was given USAAF designation as
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the ground. Spaatz considered the mission a "stunt" triggered by pressure in the American press who believed the people of both the United States and Great Britain needed a psychological boost. However, Kegelman was awarded the
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The People's Peace Camp was mainly established by what became known as Peace Corner which opened on to the base and a disused loop of the B660. This camp was evicted in July 1983 but was re-established along Warren Lane
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for an operation on 11 January 1944 when, in spite of continuous attacks by enemy fighters in weather that prevented effective fighter cover from reaching the group, it successfully struck an aircraft assembly plant at
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flew on a 303d Bombardment Group mission while reporting the war. American servicemen from RAF Molesworth married more English women during Second World War than servicemen from any other American base in England.
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airfields in the United Kingdom that were still actively in use and controlled by the United States Air Force. It was from Molesworth on 4 July 1942 that the first USAAF Eighth Air Force mission was flown over
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operations in the early 1980s. It was one of the two British bases to house cruise missiles and a focus for protests. It is now a non-flying facility under the control of the
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and approved by President Roosevelt. Arnold believed that 4 July would be an ideal day for the USAAF to open its strategic bombing campaign against the Nazis, but General
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The original Eirene Chapel was removed but a new one was started on the base, using rubble from the old runway, brick and other material. The foundation stone was laid by
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and its British equivalent for his valour on that Fourth of July mission, the first Eighth Air Force airman to receive the nation's second highest combat decoration.
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8x8 tractor. As Molesworth no longer had a runway, the missiles were flown in and out of Alconbury before being transferred by road to and from Molesworth.
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fence behind which a 5-metre-wide (16 ft) no-man's-land concrete roadway was constructed along the line of the fence, and a 10-foot-high (3.0 m),
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selected the area as the site for what would become RAF Station Molesworth. The airfield was built between 1940 and 1941. The first flying unit was
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On 8 January 2015 the UK Ministry of Defence announced that the US Air Force activities at RAF Molesworth and RAF Alconbury would be consolidated at
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special operations wing at Rangsdorf, Germany on 11 September 1943 and took part in training and clandestine missions between May and June 1944.
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airfields in the Netherlands, becoming the first USAAF unit to bomb targets in Europe. The 4 July raid had been specifically ordered by General
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in 1987 which led to the removal of all nuclear missiles from the station by October 1988. The 303d TMW was inactivated on 30 January 1989.
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were considered the "Tri-Base Area" due to their close geographic proximity and interdependency until RAF Upwood closed in late 2012.
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and peace campers. The occupation, and the 'Rainbow Village' that it became, remained on MOD land for nearly six months. A magazine
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The decision in 1980 to house 64 cruise missiles at Molesworth made the station a focus of protest. In May 1981, members of the
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The memorial in 2012 with Lt. Col. Albert Levin. He flew 35 missions as a B-17 navigator from RAF Molesworth from 1944 to 1945
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RDB-7B (RAF Douglas A-20C-1-DO Havoc Boston III), Serial AL672, shown as a staff communications aircraft for 8th AF HQ at
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RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912
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was activated. However, the missiles and the wing did not stay long; the United States and the Soviet Union signed the
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and four US staff members inspected Molesworth for possible American use, and during 1942 the facility was improved to
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on 27 January 1943 then attacked other targets concentrated primarily on strategic bombardment of German industry,
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Active Air Force wings as of 1 October 1995; USAF active flying, space, and missile squadrons as of 1 October 1995
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moved in shortly afterwards, however this unit did not remain long, moving to the Middle East on 12 January 1942.
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in the Netherlands where it was repaired and put in flyable condition. It was examined and tested at the
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fighters. Damage forced the pilot, 1Lt Paul F. Flickenger to make a wheels-up landing in a hayfield near
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light bomber. The 15th was originally part of the 27th Bombardment Group (Light), assigned to
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gardeners. A memorial sign was erected in 1999 and replaced in June 2019.
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was built. Each of the four bunkers contained three bays housing one
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aircraft until 5 September. The squadron was transferred to
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1747:Statement of the Secretary of State for Defence
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1702:Haulman, Daniel L. (21 November 2008).
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1067:Notable units based at RAF Molesworth.
934:BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile
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2405:NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (NIFC)
2321:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
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1193:placards against the Molesworth fence
1181:Demonstrators outside the wire fences
1635:"Mission report at www.303rdbg.com/"
1375:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1070:
855:. The unit was equipped with twelve
2023:, published by FoR 1991, page 240
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899:RAF Molesworth GLCM bunkers in 1989
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410:selected a site for an airfield in
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3090:United States Air Forces in Europe
2122:Hunts Post, 27 December 1986, p. 6
1959:"RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth"
1230:Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
697:and an aircraft engine factory at
687:ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt
502:(USAAF). In February 1942 General
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318:United States Air Forces in Europe
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2041:"Records of Architects For Peace"
1831:Federation of American Scientists
347:, and a number of units from the
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2682:435th Air Ground Operations Wing
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1677:"Captured Allied Planes 1940-45"
1562:. American Air Museum in Britain
1369: This article incorporates
1364:
1348:List of Royal Air Force stations
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740:, the Allied assault across the
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3048:Headquarters Air Command Europe
2350:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).
2223:, Macdonald and Company, 1970,
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909:Ground Launched Cruise Missiles
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1013:B-17G-25-DL Fortress 42-38050
967:United States European Command
817:Test and Evaluation Center at
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375:United States European Command
343:Today the base is home to the
306:ground-launched cruise missile
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1611:Airfield Focus 40: Molesworth
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634:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses
537:airfields in the Netherlands.
500:United States Army Air Forces
3159:
2677:406th Air Expeditionary Wing
1609:Smith, John M. (June 2000).
1449:cambridgemilitaryhistory.com
1379:
1250:to the west of the station.
1199:Fellowship of Reconciliation
937:Transporter Erector Launcher
922:During the early 1980s, the
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383:United States Africa Command
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2061:Jennifer & Ian Hartley
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986:Defense Intelligence Agency
885:42nd Troop Carrier Squadron
832:
706:Distinguished Unit Citation
600:Distinguished Service Cross
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242:1951–present (US Air Force)
240:1945–1951 (Royal Air Force)
93:Shown within Cambridgeshire
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1893:. BBC News. 8 January 2015
1294:Ministry of Defence Police
1213:planted a cherry tree. On
948:303d Tactical Missile Wing
905:NATO Double-Track Decision
663:427th Bombardment Squadron
657:360th Bombardment Squadron
651:359th Bombardment Squadron
645:358th Bombardment Squadron
583:for a low-level attack on
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2318:Maurer, M., ed. (1983) .
2276:Maurer, M., ed. (1982) .
2211:Endicott, Judy G. (1999)
2063:Paths are Made by Walking
1963:501st Combat Support Wing
1423:501st Combat Support Wing
1095:501st Combat Support Wing
881:10th Special Forces Group
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519:15th Bombardment Squadron
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2133:"Rainbow Fields is Home"
2104:. University of Bradford
946:On 12 December 1986 the
426:. No. 75 Squadron flew
270:77 metres (253 ft)
157:272 hectares (670 acres)
2386:22 January 2010 at the
1827:"Joint Analysis Center"
1146:
1076:United States Air Force
992:Planned station closure
853:582d Air Resupply Group
838:582d Air Resupply Group
338:Nazi-occupied territory
310:United States Air Force
4651:intelligence gathering
2576:Kleine Brogel Air Base
2551:Câmpia Turzii Air Base
2365:Rogers, Brian (2005).
1419:"423rd Air Base Group"
1371:public domain material
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2924:RAF Little Rissington
2769:RAF Blenheim Crescent
2252:Jefford, C G (1988).
2177:Hartley 2013, p.265-7
1793:"Molesworth, England"
1326:United Kingdom portal
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971:Joint Analysis Center
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553:RAF Grafton Underwood
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2520:Spangdahlem Air Base
1207:Canterbury Cathedral
1100:423rd Air Base Group
865:C-119 Flying Boxcars
863:, Amphibians, three
738:Operation Lumberjack
704:The 303d received a
447:At the start of the
414:near the village of
349:423rd Air Base Group
262:Airfield information
247:Garrison information
123:52.37944°N 0.40500°W
4071:801st (Provisional)
3074:Sixteenth Air Force
2909:RAF Greenham Common
2858:RAF Shepherds Grove
2764:RAF Barford St John
1683:. 25 September 2022
1613:. GMS Enterprises.
1451:. 23 December 2014.
1274:Molesworth Bulletin
982:U.S. Africa Command
924:Ministry of Defence
917:RAF Greenham Common
903:Following the 1979
823:Kampfgeschwader 200
811:Leeuwarden Air Base
730:Battle of the Bulge
256:423d Air Base Group
171:Ministry of Defence
119: /
4692:US visiting forces
4674:space surveillance
2899:RAF Bruntingthorpe
2652:39th Air Base Wing
2529:Support facilities
2159:, 11 February 1986
2091:Hartley 2013, p.35
1795:. 303rd Bomb Group
1770:. Heritage Gateway
1590:, p. 175-176.
1560:"303rd Bomb Group"
1266:New Age travellers
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187:Controlled by
147:US Visiting Forces
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2561:Chièvres Air Base
2556:Chabelley Airport
2515:Ramstein Air Base
2500:Incirlik Air Base
2229:978-0-87938-638-2
2168:Hartley 2013, p36
2082:Hartley 2013, p34
2021:Valiant for Peace
1816:on Heritage Daily
1546:, pp. 82–83.
1425:. 6 November 2012
1353:Forrest L. Vosler
1301:Michael Heseltine
1276:was printed in a
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