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THE UNITED STATES 8TH AIR FORCE
801ST/492ND BOMBARDMENT GROUPS
CARPETBAGGERS
FLEW CLANDESTINE NIGHTLY MISSIONS FROM THIS SECRET AIRFIELD
DURING WORLD WAR TWO IN B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS
DROPPING MUNITIONS AND SUPPLIES TO UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE FIGHTERS
IN NAZI OCCUPIED EUROPE
THEY PARACHUTED AND LANDED OSS AGENTS INTO BELGIUM, DENMARK,
FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY AND GERMANY
TO CARRY OUT ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES AGAINST ENEMY FORCES
THEY ALSO FLEW BOMBING MISSIONS
208 AMERICAN AIRCREWMEN GAVE THEIR LIVES FLYING FROM THIS AIRFIELD
1944 1945
406TH/858TH SQUADRON
788TH/859TH SQUADRON
36TH/856TH/ SQUADRON
850TH/857TH SQUADRON
UNITED STATES 8TH AIR FORCE
STATION 129
AIR BASE SUPPORTING UNITS
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