United States Army Air Forces
8th Air Force
ARArchbury Airfield
Station 100
East Anglia, UK

The 918th Bomb Group flew their B-17s from this field in the novel and movie "12 O'Clock High".

Archbury Airfield is, of course, fictional, as is the 918th and all other information presented on this page - except the dates, which represent the span of time during which units of the 8th Air Force were engaged in combat.
Units Assigned to Archbury
UnitDates OccupiedAircraft
918th Bombardment Group (Heavy)August 1942-April 1945B-17
Map location of the Archbury Airfield area
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Preliminary Layout of Archbury Airfield

Original RAF Design
Fortunately, sufficient space was available to meet the needs of an operational US B-17 Bomb Group.
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