artefacts from the tower

Memorial Plaque

Memorial Plaque for Lt Goodspeed's ill-fated mission.

Regimental Badge for Bomb Group stationed at Little Walden during renovations at Debach Airfield

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Wall display of tragic Mission 141, March 1945.

Description of Mission 141, 30th March 1945

Wreckage of Mission 141 crashed bomber on airfield (see description)

Burning wreckage of Mission 141 crashed bomber on airfield (see description)

Burning wreckage of Mission 141 crashed bomber on airfield (see description)

Burning wreckage of Mission 141 crashed bomber on airfield (see description)

Plaque in memory of a local woman who stopped to help a dying airman. She was killed in the attempt and left her infant child in a pram. The child is now grown and lives locally, we understand.

Helmet interior

Helmet with writing #1

Helmet with writing #2

Helmet with writing #3

Aerial view of airfield almost completed in 1942

Original Air Ministry drawings of 1941 design entitled 'Watch Office for All Commands'. Design number 12779/41. Note large windows.

Original Air Ministry drawings of 1943 upgrade to Control Tower. The windows were reduced, perhaps for security/safety reasons. Design entitled 'Watch Office for All Commands'. Design number 343/43.

Certificate of Appreciation from the USAAF Bomb Group for former owner of the The Control Tower, Roger Lynn.