RAF Eye - Wikipedia
WEBRoyal Air Force Eye or more simply RAF Eye is a former Royal Air Force station located 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England on the northwest edge of Eye and south of Diss.
RAF Eye - Military Wiki
WEBRAF Eye is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 11 miles NE of Stowmarket in Suffolk. Eye airfield was constructed by the 827th and 859th U S Army Engineer Battalions during 1943, with additional work by British contractors.
RAF Eye (USAAF Station 134) - Geograph Britain and Ireland
WEBRAF Eye (USAAF Station 134) The aerodrome at Eye was one of the last wartime airfields to be built in Suffolk. It was opened on 1 May 1944 and used by the 490th Bombardment Group of the US Army Air Forces.
Eye - American Air Museum
WEBEye air base was not a Class A base but was constructed to a less demanding standard by the 827th and 859th Battalions of U.S. Army Engineers in 1943 and was finished in early 1944.
Flying Colours – A Short but Vivid History of Warplane Insignia ...
WEBMay 28, 2014 · The RAF had a confusing array of roundels for its aircraft during the Second World War. (Image courtesy WikiCommons) The Flying Bulls Eye. British and commonwealth aircraft since the First World War have typically sported variations of the famous blue, white and red roundel.
490th Bomb Group remembered by Airmen, community
WEB490th Bomb Group remembered by Airmen, community. After 71 years, Liberty Airmen gathered in Eye, England, along with local citizens on Aug. 9, to commemorate the contributions of the 490th Bombardment Group, who …
Meet the African American engineers who built Eye airfield and …
WEBNov 12, 2022 · These men, of the 827th, 829th, 847th and the 859th battalions, solely built RAF Eye, assisted in the completion of an airfield in Debach, near Woodbridge, and serviced aerodromes across the county during World War Two. But why is their contribution to the war effort not widely known?
RAF Eye - TracesOfWar.com
WEBRAF Eye. Second World War (1939-1945) USAAF Eighth Air Force. Ipswich Rd, Brome, Eye. England Suffolk Eye. Former RAF Eye airfield. Also known as USAAF Station 134. In use from February 1944, among others by 490th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
USAAF Station 134, RAF Eye - Imperial War Museums
WEBDescription. Plain black marble tablet with white letters set on a low rectangular plinth, flanked by 2 flagpoles with benches and a horizontally mounted explanatory plaque. The tablet has military badges in the top corners and silhouettes of …
News - 490th Bomb Group remembered by Airmen, community
WEBAug 9, 2015 · In April 1944, the group moved to RAF Eye, England, for operations with VIII Bomber Command in the European Theater of Operations.