The Snapshots in Time Collection
Verso Caption: RAF Transfer of Wendling Airfield to Col. Irvine "Bull" Rendol, 392nd Bombardment Group, 14 September 1943
Handwritten archival note, dated 14 September 1943, recording the Royal Air Force's formal transfer of Wendling Airfield, Norfolk, to Colonel Irvine "Bull" Rendol, commanding officer of the 392nd Bombardment Group. Countersigned by Rendol and Group Executive Officer Joe Bash, the note documents the handover of a former RAF bomber station to incoming U.S. Eighth Air Force heavy bomber units during the American buildup in England. Project: 218549