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on 18 September 1944. On the continent, the 410th continued operations until V-E Day, eventually being stationed at
Beaumont-sur-Oise, France. The group returned to the United States during the summer of 1945, and was inactivated at
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October 1943 and helped complete Gosfield, including buildings and the drainage system. However, by the time it was completed the Eighth Air Force no longer required the airfield and it was passed to the control of the US
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started to arrive at Gosfield after a trans-Atlantic crossing from
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First Allied Airborne Army's support for the crossing of the Rhine
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However. no sooner had they arrived than they were moved on to
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The day following the 397th's departure, personnel of the
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The first combat flying unit to occupy Gosfield was the
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689:List of former Royal Air Force stations
1177:Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
573:when that airfield was vacated by the
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2650:Military airbases established in 1944
1100:List of equipment of the RAF Regiment
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465:, arriving on 22 December 1943 from
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607:646th Bombardment Squadron (8U)
604:645th Bombardment Squadron (7X)
601:644th Bombardment Squadron (5D)
593:. The 410th was equipped with
565:599th Bombardment Squadron (6B)
562:598th Bombardment Squadron (U2)
559:597th Bombardment Squadron (9F)
556:596th Bombardment Squadron (X2)
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410:United States Army Air Forces
117:United States Army Air Forces
1026:RAF Mountain Rescue Service
1021:RAF Search and Rescue Force
643:In January 1945, the RAF's
511:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
507:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
487:388th Fighter Squadron (C4)
484:387th Fighter Squadron (B4)
481:386th Fighter Squadron (D5)
18:Airport in Braintree, Essex
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1182:Warrant Officer of the RAF
877:Operational Training units
548:by the southern route via
475:Republic P-47 Thunderbolts
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1126:List of notable personnel
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1162:Air Member for Personnel
882:Schools / Training units
376:Royal Air Force Gosfield
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2167:340th Bombardment Group
1172:Air Member for Materiel
587:410th Bombardment Group
581:410th Bombardment Group
538:397th Bombardment Group
528:397th Bombardment Group
497:IX Tactical Air Command
177:292 ft / 89 m
2162:323d Bombardment Group
706:public domain material
655:but soon departed for
639:RAF Bomber Command use
622:. The 410th, moved to
449:Gosfield was known as
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1095:List of RAF missiles
1078:List of RAF aircraft
996:RAF Medical Services
981:RAF Chaplains Branch
645:No. 299 Squadron RAF
635:on 7 November 1945.
542:Hunter Army Airfield
205:51.95306°N 0.58000°E
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2453:69th Reconnaissance
2448:67th Reconnaissance
2443:10th Reconnaissance
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2414:440th Troop Carrier
2409:439th Troop Carrier
2404:438th Troop Carrier
2399:437th Troop Carrier
2394:436th Troop Carrier
2389:435th Troop Carrier
2384:434th Troop Carrier
2379:349th Troop Carrier
2374:316th Troop Carrier
2369:315th Troop Carrier
2364:314th Troop Carrier
2359:313th Troop Carrier
1256:RAF Benevolent Fund
1191:symbols and uniform
824:Ministry of Defence
657:RAF Shepherds Grove
651:for two weeks with
463:365th Fighter Group
457:365th Fighter Group
201: /
2501:422d Night Fighter
2424:442d Troop Carrier
2354:64th Troop Carrier
2349:61st Troop Carrier
2110:50th Troop Carrier
1445:Landing Ground 174
1236:Air Training Corps
1152:Chief of Air Staff
1016:RAF Music Services
575:363d Fighter Group
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2192:391st Bombardment
2187:387th Bombardment
2182:386th Bombardment
2177:376th Bombardment
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2015:XXIX Tactical Air
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2005:IX Troop Carrier
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