RAF Attlebridge

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:North_American_P-51_Mustang
gptkb:Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
gptkbp:associatedWith Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Pointblank
D-Day operations
Strategic bombing campaign
gptkbp:base gptkb:Colonel_John_H._McCauley
gptkbp:celebrates 351st Bomb Group Memorial
gptkbp:code ABH
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:8th_Air_Force_Command
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Historical society initiatives
gptkbp:currentStatus Inactive
gptkbp:elevation 30 feet
gptkbp:geographicalFeature 52.675°N 1.227°E
gptkbp:historicalEvent Last mission in 1945
First bombing mission in 1943
gptkbp:historicalResearch Photographic documentation
Local history records
Military archives
War diaries
Veteran interviews
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Attlebridge
gptkbp:IATA_code Control tower
Hangars
Runways
Taxiways
Aprons
Heavy bomber base
gptkbp:localTraditions gptkb:Attlebridge_village
gptkbp:location gptkb:Attlebridge,_Norfolk,_England
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:351st_Bombardment_Group
8th Air Force
gptkbp:opened 1943
1945
gptkbp:partOf 8th Air Force
gptkbp:postWarCareer Agricultural land
Civil aviation
gptkbp:primaryFunction Military airfield
gptkbp:runway_length 09/27
1,800 meters
asphalt
gptkbp:surroundingArea Norfolk_countryside
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:usedFor Training missions
Combat missions