Wendling
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STATION 118
392nd Bomb Group - August 1943 to June 1945
Location:
The former airfield at Wendling is situated between the villages of Beeston and Wendling about four miles north-west of East Dereham which is on the A47 trunk road between Norwich and King's Lynn.
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Remaining buildings, etc.:
Most of the runways, perimeter track, and remnants of some of the parking revetments remain; but no wartime buildings are now in existence on the airfield site itself. Bernard Matthews Limited, the present owners, have built several large turkey sheds on parts of the former runways.
Further along the road from the Memorial, part of the original HQ block can be seen inside a new structure that houses the Ben Burgess Agricultural Engineering Company. Also located on this site is the original Norden Bombsight Maintenance Store.
On the dispersed sites towards Beeston a few of the Quonset huts and other structures can be found. The former combat officers' mess (now a car spares store) is of particular interest. It contains parts of a large mural which are still visible on one of the internal walls.
Memorial:
A granite obelisk monument to the men of the 392nd Bomb Group was dedicated in September 1945, and stands well maintained and cared for in a small plot just off the airfield on the road to Beeston.
The memorial obelisk and gardens were refurbished during the summer of 1989, and rededicated at a ceremony attended by a party of 392nd B.G. veterans.
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