USAF Memorial Ceremony, Grafton Underwood

COMMEMORATION
On Friday 22nd May, Northamptonshire County Council will be holding a ceremony at Grafton Underwood Aerodrome to commemorate the handing over, seventy years ago, of the base from the United States Army Air Force 384th Bomber Group back to the Royal Air Force.
The ceremony will commence at 11am with a service of remembrance, and will be followed by a flypast at 11.50am of the last airworthy Flying Fortress B17 bomber in the UK, the “Sally B”, from Duxford.
Grafton Underwood’s place in history is an important one. The first raid of the war by 8th Air Force bombers took off from Grafton Underwood on 17th August 1942 and the last raid of the war, against the tank factories in Pilsen, took off from Grafton on 25th April 1945. 316 missions were flown from the base and 1,652 personnel lost their lives.
- Information Board
- The Memorial to the Group
- Memorial with individual stones to each Squadron
- 547th Squadron
- 546th Squadron
- 545th Squadron
- 544th Squadron
The County Council felt that it was fitting that, seventy years on, the sacrifices of the men and women who served at Grafton should be remembered.
Mrs. M.Tompkins
Thu 14th May 2015 at 12:06 pm
I am a disabled driver, is the parking at the farm signposted please?