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RMR1943

10th June 2009 16:59

Denesthorpe aerodrome northamptonshire 1943

In 1943-4 my father was working on this aerodrome building runways,can anyone tell me which American Bomber Group was flying from Denesthorpe aerodrome northamptonshire 1943 I believe they were flying B17's.Thanks Roger

Andy_Ingham

10th June 2009 18:05

Re: Denesthorpe aerodrome northamptonshire 1943

There was no airfield in Northhamptonshire called Denesthorpe.
There was however one called Deenethorpe.
There is quite a good page on Wikipedia about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Deenethorpe

Regards
Andy

RMR1943

10th June 2009 19:06

Re: Denesthorpe aerodrome northamptonshire 1943

Thanks Andy that link is excellent and answers my questions, my memory from 20 years ago is a bit sketchy but it was near enough to find where he was.regards Roger

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