Dump Trk in England
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 11:45 amFrom US Army the Green Series of books: Pictoral Record (459 pages) 1951
AN ENGINEER COMPANY AT WORK ON AN AIRFIELD in England. By 1 June
1944 a total of 129 airfields was available in the United Kingdom for the Eighth and
Ninth Air Forces. In addition there were 3 base air depots, 7 combat crew and
replacement centers, 2 reconnaissance and 1 photographic reconnaissance fields, 19
troop carrier fields, 11 advance landing grounds, and 2 miscellaneous fields. Living
quarters for more than 400,000 air force personnel had to be furnished, plus many
thousands of square feet of space for storage.
AN ENGINEER COMPANY AT WORK ON AN AIRFIELD in England. By 1 June
1944 a total of 129 airfields was available in the United Kingdom for the Eighth and
Ninth Air Forces. In addition there were 3 base air depots, 7 combat crew and
replacement centers, 2 reconnaissance and 1 photographic reconnaissance fields, 19
troop carrier fields, 11 advance landing grounds, and 2 miscellaneous fields. Living
quarters for more than 400,000 air force personnel had to be furnished, plus many
thousands of square feet of space for storage.