Control tower circa 1970s   Photograph of the Control Tower taken, we believe in the early 1970s  One of our volunteers has recently discovered this from his collection of photos taken over the years.   The photo shows the chance light building still standing at the time, with the rear wall of the fire engine ambulance shed Nissen hut in front of it.

B-17 ‘Fever Beaver’ standing on No 10 Hard Stand showing a long line of mission bomb symbols and very worn paint work.  The squadron and aircraft code are barely visible.  Under the wing, is a very large tree stump that had just been left on the grass and one of the airfield’s Tannoy speakers.  We don’t know why the tree stump had been left there! Photo 3 Photo 3 was taken between Hard Stands No 9 and No 10 and shows a B-17 on the runway, a truck on the perimeter / taxiway an

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Don Miller, pictured with museum volunteers during his visit to Thorpe Abbotts over the weekend of 1st and 2nd June. He was one of the historians touring with a group from the World War 2 museum in New Orleans. This was the latest of many visits to the museum by Don over the years before and since the production of Masters of the Air.

The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum were honoured to be awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in September 2022. This is the...

We were pleased to have Colonel Troy Pananon, Commander of the 100th Air Refueling Wing from RAF Mildenhall, and CMSGT Kathi Glascock...

Welcome to our new website. We hope you enjoy it. We've worked hard to create an easily accessible site which gives visitors all they need to know on planning a visit and learning about the history of the 100th Bomb Group.