Raf Deenethorpe

Royal Air Force Deenethorpe or more simply RAF Deenethorpe is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. United States Army Air Forces useDeenethorpe was constructed in 1943 and was allocated to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force. It was assigned USAAF designation Station 128. USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Deenethorpe were: 450th Sub-Depot 431st Air Service Group 681st Air Materiel Squadron 857th Air Engineering Squadron 18th Weather Squadron 78th Station Complement Squadron 831st Engineer Aviation Battalion 1199th Military Police Company 1209th Quartermaster Company 1597th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company 861st Chemical Company (Air Operations) 2095th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon401st Bombardment Group (Heavy)With the opening of the airfield in October 1943, the 401st Bombardment Group (Heavy), arrived from Great Falls AAB, Montana, in November. The 401st was assigned to the 94th Combat Bombardment Wing of the 1st Bombardment Division. Its tail code was Triangle-S. The 401st Bomb Group consisted of the following operational squadrons flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresss : 612th Bombardment Squadron (SC) 613th Bombardment Squadron (IN) 614th Bombardment Squadron (IW) 615th Bombardment Squadron (IY) The 401st BG operated chiefly against strategic targets, bombing industries, submarine facilities, shipyards, missile sites, marshalling yards, and airfields; beginning in October 1944, concentrated on oil reserves. The Group received a Distinguished Unit Citation for striking telling blows against German aircraft production on 11 January and 20 February 1944.

Royal Air Force Deenethorpe or more simply RAF Deenethorpe is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. United States Army Air Forces useDeenethorpe was constructed in 1943 and was allocated to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force. It was assigned USAAF designation Station 128. USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Deenethorpe were: 450th Sub-Depot 431st Air Service Group 681st Air Materiel Squadron 857th Air Engineering Squadron 18th Weather Squadron 78th Station Complement Squadron 831st Engineer Aviation Battalion 1199th Military Police Company 1209th Quartermaster Company 1597th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company 861st Chemical Company (Air Operations) 2095th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon401st Bombardment Group (Heavy)With the opening of the airfield in October 1943, the 401st Bombardment Group (Heavy), arrived from Great Falls AAB, Montana, in November. The 401st was assigned to the 94th Combat Bombardment Wing of the 1st Bombardment Division. Its tail code was Triangle-S. The 401st Bomb Group consisted of the following operational squadrons flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresss : 612th Bombardment Squadron (SC) 613th Bombardment Squadron (IN) 614th Bombardment Squadron (IW) 615th Bombardment Squadron (IY) The 401st BG operated chiefly against strategic targets, bombing industries, submarine facilities, shipyards, missile sites, marshalling yards, and airfields; beginning in October 1944, concentrated on oil reserves. The Group received a Distinguished Unit Citation for striking telling blows against German aircraft production on 11 January and 20 February 1944.