Remains American Camp Billingford
In an overgrown area, many remains can be foud of an American camp from World War II, mainly of Nissen huts or Quonset houses.
The camp belonged to the USAAF 100th Bomb Group, which flew from RAF Thorpe Abbotts. There were many of those camps and eacht camp was home to 2000-3000 airmen.
The camps were commonly known as 'The Fields of Little America'.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Evelyn Simak
Nearby
Museum
- 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum - Dickleburgh
- 95th Bomb Group Hospital Museum - Denham, Eye
- Museum The Red Feather Club (95th Bomb Group) - Horham
Point of interest
Monument
- War Memorial St Leonard Church - Billingford
- World War I Memorial Thorpe Abbotts - Thorpe Abbotts
- War Memorial St Peter and St Paul Church - Hoxne
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Grave St. Leonard Churchyard - Billingford
- Commonwealth War Graves St. Peter and St. Paul Churchyard - Hoxne
- Commonwealth War Graves St. Andrew Churchyard - Scole
Fortification
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