Browse Collections (58 total)
Living Sites
A couple miles south of the runway, living sites housed the average 3,000 airmen and ground crew on base at any given point of the war.
For airmen,…
Museums Worldwide with Shipdham-Related Artifacts
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Nose Art
A bomber was officially known by a serial number, but its nose art told of its identity - its personality. Crews gave their bomber a moniker, which…
Officers & EM Clubs + Pubs around Shipdham
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Operation Varsity Low-Level Resupply
One of three low-level missions flown by the 44th BG - of their 343 wartime missions.
Ordnance & Bomb Store
The ordnance company at Shipdham was responsible for handling every bomb - inspecting, arming, moving to the airfield, and loading them into bombers -…
Ploesti Low-Level Mission
The most famous of all 343 missions flown by the 44th Bomb Group on August 1, 1943. Called Operation Tidal Wave - the goal was to hit oil refineries…
POW
Crews shot down over enemy territory faced grave danger. If they survived Airmen hoped to evade capture using their escape kits (which included a silk…
