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This section contains records which relate to the Second Air Division’s headquarters as well as its bomb and fighter groups. The Division wasn’t just about combat. It included units such as the Women’s Army Corps (WACs), 77th/231st Station Hospital (Morley, near Wymondham) and Military Police.

Bomb Groups Personnel and activities of the bomb groups which flew missions from airbases in East Anglia Expand
 389th Bomb Group (Hethel)
 392nd Bomb Group (Wendling)
 445th Bomb Group (Tibenham)
 446th Bomb Group (Bungay)
 448th Bomb Group (Seething)
 44th Bomb Group (Shipdham)
 453rd Bomb Group (Old Buckenham)
 458th Bomb Group (Horsham St Faith)
 466th Bomb Group (Attlebridge)
 467th Bomb Group (Rackheath)
 489th Bomb Group (Halesworth)
 491st Bomb Group (Metfield and North Pickenham)
 492nd Bomb Group (North Pickenham)
 93rd Bomb Group (Hardwick)
Fighter Wings / Groups Personnel and activities of the fighter groups which flew missions from airbases in East Anglia Expand
 355th Fighter Group (Steeple Morden)
 479th Fighter Group (Wattisham)
 4th Fighter Group (Debden)
 56th Fighter Group (Boxted)
 65th Fighter Wing
 Other Fighter Groups
Headquarters and 8th Air Force Personnel, buildings and activities of the Second Air Division Headquarters based first at Horsham St Faith and later at Old Catton and Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk Expand
 Headquarters (Horsham/Old Catton/Ketteringham Hall, Station 147)
Support and Other Units Personnel and activities of groups, which include the Women’s Army Corps (WACs), 77th / 231st Station Hospital (Morley, near Wymondham) and Military Police Expand
 18th Weather Squadron
 3rd Strategic Air Depot
 77th and 231st Station Hospitals
 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
 987th Military Police Detachment
 American Red Cross
 Women's Army Air Corps (WACs)
First Image Title Catalogue Reference Date(s)
Album containing photographs of George Cyril Stannard and Ketteringham Hall MC 376/357, USF OVR/2 20th century View
American War Photographs MC 376/592/1, USF PH 17/5 1944 View
Brief histories of Combat Wings MC 371/757, USF 19/1 20th century View
Brief histories of Ketteringham Hall MC 371/795, USF 17/4 nd [20th century] View
Brief histories of Ketteringham Hall MC 376/355, USF 17/4 nd [20th century] View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/2, USF PH 17/5 Apr 1944-May 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/3, USF PH 17/5 Jun 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/4, USF PH 17/5 Jun 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/5, USF PH 17/5 Jul 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/7, USF PH 17/4 Jul 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/8, USF PH 17/4 Jul 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/6, USF PH 17/5 Jul 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/10, USF PH 17/4 Aug 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/11, USF PH 17/4 Aug 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/13, USF PH 17/4 Sep 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/14, USF PH 17/4 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/9, USF PH 17/4 Jul 1944 View
British official war photographs MC 376/592/12, USF PH 17/4 Sep 1944 View
Career and crew notes MC 376/592/20/1, USF 17/5 nd [20th century] View
Citations and promotions MC 371/621, USF 17/1 c 1942-1945 View
Copies of morale boosting addresses and proclamations by American Presidents and Generals MC 371/622, USF 17/1 16 Jun 1944-10 Jan 1945 View
Copy of 2nd Air Division Statistical Summary of Operations MC 376/282, USF 19/2 17 Aug 1942-8 May 1945 View
Copy of Major General James Pratt Hodges's war diary MC 376/416, USF 17/3 Sep 1942-May 1944 View
Daily Bulletin and articles about James Stewart's wartime service MC 376/574, USF 17/4 14 Nov 1944 View
Factsheets and plaque dedication: Ketteringham Hall MC 376/592/15, USF 17/5 1945-1987 View
History of the 2nd Air Division by Charles A. Ravenstein MC 376/281, USF 19/1 1942-1983 View
Illustrated history of 96th Combat Wing MC 371/721, USF 19/1 nd [1942-1945] View
Illustrated pamphlets from the 'Army Talks for the Eighth Air Force' series MC 371/616, USF 17/1 30 Dec 1944-5 May 1945 View
'Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945' MC 376/298, USF 19/2 1942-1945 View
Joe Flagler's bound presentation copy of, '2nd Air Division Statistical Summary of Operations 1942-1945'. MC 371/756, USF 19/1 1942-1945 View
Ketteringham Hall and 2nd Air Division Association newsletters MC 376/422, USF 17/3 1945-1957 View
Ketteringham Hall newsletters MC 371/619, USF 17/1 1945 View
Overseas forces tourist guidebooks MC 371/618, USF 17/2 c 1942-1945 View
Photocopy of '2nd Air Division Statistical Summary of Operations' MC 371/799, USF 17/4 1942 View
Photocopy of a newspaper article announcing the death of Gen. William E. Kepner MC 371/719, USF 17/1 5 Jul 1982 View
Photocopy of 'The Aims and Accomplishments of Strategic Bombing' MC 371/794, USF 17/3 Aug 1944 View
Photograph showing members 2nd Air Division Judge Advocate staff MC 376/356, USF 17/4 20th century View
Photographs and memorabilia MC 376/333, USF 17/1 1945-1996 View
Photographs and papers sent to Bill Robertie as editor of the 2nd Air Division Association's 'Journal': photographs and prints of 2nd Air Division personnel and aeroplanes MC 376/668, OVR 4 c. 1943-1974 View
Photographs of 389th Bomb Group and 44th Bomb Group MC 376/339, USF PH 17/1 1944 View
Photographs of air strikes and crew in North Africa and printed information about the Ploesti mission MC 376/338, USF 17/2 1943 View
Photographs of B-24 aircraft and Gen. Hodges MC 376/348, USF 17/2 c 1944 View
Photographs of basketball game, children's Christmas party and Adjutant General Section staff at Ketteringham Hall MC 376/350, USF PH 17/1 1944 View
Photographs of inspections and award ceremonies at Shipdham and Hardwick MC 376/344, USF 17/2 27 Apr 1943-23 Feb 1944 View
Photographs of Ketteringham Hall MC 376/335, USF PH 17/1 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs of Ketteringham Hall, social events, wedding of Col Frederick V.P. Bryan MC 376/337, USF PH 17/2 1944-1945 View
Photographs of Raymond Hess, Gen. Hodges, views of Inverness, Gen. Doolittle and Gen. Arnold MC 376/347, USF 17/2 1944 View
Photographs showing the ceremony granting Gen. Kepner the Freedom of Norwich MC 371/793, USF PH 17/1 1945 View
Photographs showing the exterior of Ketteringham Hall, Ketteringham Church and East Carlton Church MC 376/573, USF OVR/3 1940s View
Photographs showing the grounds of Ketteringham Hall MC 371/767, USF 17/1 nd [1943-1945] View
Photographs: air strikes, bomb damage, aerial views MC 371/790, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: aircraft MC 371/768, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: aircraft in flight MC 371/881, USF OVR/1 nd [1943-1945] View
Photographs: aircraft, stage shows, Ketteringham church, Cambridge colleges MC 371/873, USF OVR/4 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: B-24s flying in formation MC 371/769, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: bomb damage in London and Norwich MC 371/779, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: Bremen, Germany MC 371/772, USF PH 17/1 26 Nov 1943 View
Photographs: Bremen, Germany MC 371/771, USF PH 17/1 1943 View
Photographs: Emden, Germany MC 371/774, USF PH 17/1 12 Nov 1943 View
Photographs: fighters strafing MC 371/776, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: German targets MC 371/770, USF PH 17/1 1943-1944 View
Photographs: Leipzig, Germany MC 371/778, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: Metfield, P-51s and aircraft MC 371/773, USF PH 17/1 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: mostly personnel at leisure MC 371/786, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: Munster, Germany MC 371/784, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: old aircraft and travels MC 376/592/16, USF PH 17/4 nd [20th century] View
Photographs: Ploesti and Campina, Romania MC 371/787, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: Solingen, Germany MC 371/788, USF PH 17/1 1943 View
Photographs: St Omer, France MC 371/789, USF PH 17/1 9 Sep 1943 View
Photographs: strikes, bomb damage and statistics MC 371/781, USF PH 17/1 1943-1944 View
Photographs: targets and strikes MC 371/783, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: various air strikes and targets MC 371/782, USF PH 17/3 1943-1945 View
Photographs: various buildings MC 371/777, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Photographs: various targets MC 371/780, USF PH 17/1 1943-1944 View
Photographs: Vegesack, Germany MC 371/791, USF PH 17/1 10 August 1943 View
Photographs: Wilhelmshaven, Germany MC 371/792, USF PH 17/3 nd [1942-1945] View
Printed 8th Air Force organization chart MC 371/742, USF 19/1 20th century View
Publications MC 376/592/17, USF 17/5 1943 View
Publications and overseas tourist guidebooks for servicemen MC 371/922, USF 17/2 1943-1944 View
Racial provocation court martial case MC 371/617, USF 17/1 25 Jun 1944 View
Recorded memoir of James (Jim) H. Reeves MC 371/882/11 nd [c 1985] View
Recorded memoir of Jordan Uttal MC 371/882/24 nd [c 1985] View
Records relating to Mrs N.I. Carr's service in the American Red Cross MC 376/330, USF 17/1 20th century View
Research by Mrs Jackie Stuart and personnel photographs MC 371/796, USF 17/4 1943-1986 View
Restoration of 8th Air Force insignia in Nissen hut MC 371/798, USF 17/4 1990 View
Roster of Officers at Headquarters MC 371/623, USF 17/1 May 1945 View
Scrapbook MC 371/818 nd [1943-1945] View
Seasonal greetings and 'WACs in England' MC 376/592/21, USF 17/5 1943-1945 View
Special orders MC 371/620, USF 17/2 1944-1945 View
Statistical summary of 8th Air Force Operations, European Theatre, 17 Aug 1942-8 May 1945' MC 376/280, USF 19/1 17 Aug 1942-8 May 1945 View
Summary details of 2nd Air Division Groups including first mission, total missions, number of aircraft lost and missing and major achievement awards MC 376/283, USF 19/1 20th century View
'Target Victory' MC 371/800, USF 17/4 12 Aug 1944-25 Apr 1945 View
'The Liberator' and death of Lt Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews MC 376/349, USF 17/2 25 Jan 1943-May 1943 View