100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum

Museum in Norfolk, UK November 2016 November 2016 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum Thorpe Abbotts Control Tower.jpg The Control Tower now forms part the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum Common Road, Dickleburgh, Diss, Norfolk, IP21 4PH, 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, located in the original control tower and other remaining buildings of the RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield east of Diss in Norfolk is named after the 100th Bomb Group and is dedicated to the American soldiers and members of the US 8th Air ForceLong Peter The Hidden Places of England 2004 Travel Publishing Ltd 1-904434-12-6 373 https://books.google.com/books?id=4ePshlzYVkAC&q=%22100th+Bomb+Group+Memorial+Museum%22&pg=PT378 who fought with the Allies in Norfolk in World War II. The area also became known as the "Fields of Little America"100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum http://www.norfolkheritage.co.uk/100th-bomb-group-memorial-museum Norfolk Heritage 2012-01-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321191757/http://www.norfolkheritage.co.uk/100th-bomb-group-memorial-museum 21 March 2012 dead dmy-all due to the number of Americans stationed there. The entire former control tower is now museum space that highlights documents, photographs, uniforms and service equipment, plus a recreation of the original teleprinter room. The museum's collection includes a number of maps and other war-related artefacts from World War II's effects on the soldiers stationed thereSion Edward M. Through Blue Skies to Hell 2011 Casemate Publishers 978-1-935149-87-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=7MjxBhGuCo8C&q=%22100th+Bomb+Group+Memorial+Museum%22 and how the group eventually came to be called the "Bloody Hundredth". The roof of the control tower is known as the glasshouse, from where the remaining airstrips are visible. It remains as it was when the airfield was operational with the addition of a model of the airbase in the 1940s. References 52 23 10.572 N 001 12 45.32 E scale:5000 title External links http://www.100bgmus.org.uk/ Category:Museums in Norfolk Category:World War II museums in the United Kingdom Category:Military aviation museums in England