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B-17 Bomb Groups (H)
- 34th BG – Mendlesham
- 91st BG – Bassingbourn
- 92nd BG – Podington
- 94th BG – Rougham
- 95th BG – Horham
- 96th BG – Snetterton
- 100th BG – Thorpe Abbot
- 303rd BG – Molesworth – Very good site!
- 305th BG – Chelveston – No official site
- 306th BG – Thurleigh – Very nice!
- 379th BG – Kimbolton – Very good site!
- 381st BG – Ridgewell – Very good site!
- 384th BG – Grafton Underwood – Excellent site!
- 385th BG – Great Ashfield
- 388th BG – Knettishall – Nice site
- 389th BG – Hethel – No official site
- 398th BG – Nuthampstead – Good site!
- 401st BG – Deenethorpe – Nice site
- 447th BG – Rattlesden
- 452nd BG – Deopham Green – No official site
- 457th BG – Glatton – Good looking site!
- 482nd BG – Alconbury – Group page in development
(Pathfinder group with both B17′s & B24′s) - 483rd BG – Sterparone
- 486th BG – Sudbury (Transitioned to B17′s from B24′s)
- 487th BG – Lavenham (Transitioned to B17′s from B24′s)
- 490th BG – Eye – No official site (Transitioned to B17′s from B24′s)
- 493rd BG – Debach & Little Walden – No official site.Veteran of note: the late Tom Landry was a 493rd BG copilot
- 801st BG – Harrington – No official site
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Museums
- Framlingham, Station 153 – The town’s website has a link to the 390th BG’s Station 153 where a museum is located in the old flight tower.
- Warbird Air Museum
- Airfields & Aviation Memorials – RAF Framlingham\Parham Airfield Webpage
- Pima Air & Space Museum – Adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ
- Air Mobility Command Museum
- The Aviation History Online Museum
- Commemorative Airforce Museum
- Castle Air Museum
- National Warplane Museum
- Palm Springs, CA Museum of Flying WWII Aircraft
- Western Museum of Flight
- National Museum of the USAF
- Yankee Air Museum
- The Mighty Eighth Heritage Museum
- The Memphis Belle – Sponsored by Memphis Belle Memorial Association, Inc.
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Multi-Link Sites
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Other WWII Sites
- The Kassel Mission Historical Society
Our organization represents the men of the 445th Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th AAF as well as being dedicated to the men of the Kassel Mission of 27 September 1944, when 99 men were taken prisoner in Germany, and 118 Americans died. This is the greatest loss ever of any group in a single day’s battle. - World War II Web Sir Robert Hitchams School – Audio Interview – Class EM looks at how the war affected the lives of people in the Framlingham / Suffolk area and includes answers from a ground crew member and pilot who served with the 390th BG at the Parham Airbase – Station 153. By Mark Brotherton, Excellent slideshow
- Zeno’s Warbird Video Drive-In – Excellent site! Be sure to visit “The Control Tower” links page.
- Kalamazoo Air Zoo
- National Transportation Safety Board
- Evergreen Aviation Educational Inst. Hughes Flying Boat
- Historic Wings - B17 forum, WWII Nose Art
- Larry’s Bomber Command – Royal Canadian Air Force planes and stories
- Aerovintage Books – Click on “B17′s: Where to find them” link
- Battle-Damaged B17s – Good examples of combat durability.
- Old Manuals – WWII Aircraft Technical Orders, Pilot Manuals, Related Documents on CD-ROM (offers B17F CD set, B17G set is already under production). Huge list of B17 links.
- An American Experience: War Letters – A PBS series on war letters throughout U.S. history
- The United States Army Air Forces in World War Two – Good website with lots of neat stuff, but color contrast may make it hard to read
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Restoration Efforts
Home of the B-17 “I’ll Be Around”- Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Boeing B-17D “Swoose”
- Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Gallery 205
- Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration and Storage Facility (aka Silver Hill) – Suitland, Maryland
- My Gal Sal
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