Royal Air Force Thorpe Abbotts or more simply RAF Thorpe Abbotts is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles east of Diss, Norfolk, in eastern England.
Tail of a 100 ARW Boeing KC-135R-BN Stratotanker, Serial 58-0100, displaying the crest of RAF Mildenhall and the historic "Square-D" badge as used by the unit during the second world war
RAF Thorpe Abbotts on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1943
The Control Tower which now forms part of the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum
The 100th Air Refueling Wing, nicknamed the Bloody Hundredth, is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. It is stationed
RAF Thorpe Abbotts
…Thorpe Abbotts was given USAAF designation Station 139, (TA). The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived at Thorpe Abbotts on 9 June 1943, from Kearney AAF Nebraska. The 100th was assigned to the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing, and the group tail…
Dedication of wing KC-135 as Skipper III to honor a former 351st Bombardment Squadron B-17
A 100th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress
350th Bombardment Squadron B-17 Badger's Beauty V