Royal Naval Air Station Hinstock is a former Royal Navy, Naval Air Station, located 4 miles South West of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. It was operational between 1941 and 1947, being used by
HMS Godwit
WWII Shropshire: RAF/RNAS Hinstock/HMS Godwit - Control Tower. Standard naval four-storey control tower, restored as a home in recent times named 'HMS Godwit'
Royal Air Force Halesworth or more simply RAF Halesworth is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles north east of the town of Halesworth, Suffolk, England and 7 miles west of Southwold.
Aerial photograph mosaic of Halesworth (Holton) airfield, P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group are taxying on the perimeter and main runway, 18 April 1944. Photograph taken by 31st Photographic Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/31GR/LOC17
Captain Walker "Bud" Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group standing on the port wing of his P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, conversing with its crew chief, Staff Sergeant John E. Barnes. The aircraft had been "bought" courtesy of war bonds purchased (to a value approximately equivalent to the cost of a fighter) by the citizens of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Consequently, the name painted on the aircraft was chosen by Atlantic City.
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50437) nicknamed "Apassionata" of the 489th Bomb Group.
Crew of B-24 Liberator "Jamaica". This crew flew 18 missions with the 466th BG before being transferred to the 389th BG for six missions, the 489th BG for three missions and then finishing up with the 492nd BG for the final three missions.