RAF Membury
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Royal Air Force Membury or more simply RAF Membury is a former Royal Air Force station built in the civil parish of Lambourn in Berkshire, England, approximately 3 miles southwest of Lambourn. The air
Lockheed P-38J (F-5C) Lightning of the 67th Recon Group.
North American P-51A Mustang (F-6) "Peg of My Heart" of the 67th Recon Group.
Douglas C-47s and CG-4A Waco Gliders lined up on the runway at Membury Airfield, 1944.
Douglas C-47B Skytrain dropping supplies.
RAF Thruxton
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Royal Air Force Thruxton or more simply RAF Thruxton is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles west of Andover, Hampshire.
RAF Membury
…The 366th was a group of Ninth Air Force's 71st Fighter Wing, IX Tactical Air Command. Before the group could become operational, the unit was moved to RAF Thruxton on 1 March. The 436th Troop Carrier Group with its Douglas C-47/C-53 Skytrains arrived on 3 March from RAF Bottesford. Operational squadrons of the…
Thruxton Airfield - May 1945. Already large numbers of combat aircraft being stored at the airfield, parked wingtip to wingtip on the grass areas, prior to their being returned to the United States.
"Jenny Rebel", Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt 42-76347 of 389th Fighter Squadron shown taking off on runway 25 from Thruxton airfield