The Reich Wreckers: The 306th Group USAAF Stationed at Thurleigh 1942-1945

21 February 2025 MKHA Webmaster MKHA member events, Speaker meetings 0

Mr. Stimson, U.S.A. War Minister, visited RAF Thurleigh, where he decorated S/Sgt. Maynard Smith with the Congressional Medal of Honour, for conspicuous gallantry when his plane caught fire during a raid on St. Nazaire.

North Crawley Historical Society

Friday, 21st March 2025 at 7.30 pm
North Crawley Institute, North Crawley, Newport Pagnell MK16 9LH

A talk by Mark Fussell.

The 306th Bombardment Group Museum is a memorial dedicated to the personnel of the 306th Bomb Group who operated from Thurleigh during WW2, as part of the Eighth Air Force. 

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