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491st Bombardment Group at Metfield

Bibliography

There are several good histories of the 491st Bomb Group available for use in the American Library.

Among those histories are:

  • 491st Bombardment Group (H), Inc. Ringmasters: History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) 
  • Peter Bodle: The 492nd and 491st Bomb Groups in Norfolk: A Pictorial History 
  • Information about the individual bases comes from from George H Fox's 8th Air Force Remembered: An illustrated guide to the memorials, memorabilia and main airfields of the US 8th Air Force in England in WW2 (London: ISO Publications, 1991).

For more on the history of the airfield, see:

  • Martin Bowman: Bomber Bases of WW2: 2nd Air Division 8th Air Force USAAF 1942-45
  • Michael Bowyer: Action Stations Revisited: No 1 Eastern England
  • Ken Delve: The Military Airfields of Britain: East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk)
  • Roger Freeman: Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now

If you're interested in any of these books you can find and reserve them at the Norfolk Online Catalogue.