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After conversion to Class A standards, which required extensive clearing and grading of the airfield area, the areas between the runways were camouflaged to resemble agricultural crops. Wright, a local man from Royston.
Equipped with Vickers Wellingtons , its role was to train night bomber crews. The station was attacked on 5 April by an isolated German raider that dropped 10 bombs, causing damage to the direction finding equipment and WT wireless transmitter huts, and in August by a single bomb dropped on the barrack block situated immediately south of the parade ground, which killed 11 and injured At the end of May aircraft from Bassingbourn participated in the "Thousand Bomber" raid on Cologne.
In order to raise this number, Bomber Command employed every aircraft capable of taking to the air, including 20 Wellington bombers from No. Subsequently aircraft from here often contributed to major raids until the group moved in October to RAF Westcott. Initial concepts anticipated that 75 heavy bomb groups would eventually be based in East Anglia and the Huntingdon area in five bombardment wings later termed air divisions , but the first plan on 24 March , called for 45 groups, with four to be moved to the UK by June.
The 91st Bomb Group was the seventh of an eventual 42 heavy groups to deploy to England. A Boeing B Flying Fortress unit, it moved into RAF Kimbolton on 10 October , but that station, in Huntingdonshire, had not yet been reconstructed to Class A standards and was immediately found to be unsuitable for operations.
The commanding officer of the 91st BG inspected Bassingbourn on 13 October and, not wanting to lose the opportunity, moved his entire unit there the next day before seeking permission. Its operational squadrons and fuselage codes were: [2]. BG was built too late for the war and was for a time used as a civilian fire bomber. The Eighth Air Force in general and the 91st Bomb Group in particular were critically short of support personnel, and the airfield remained under RAF administration until 21 April The 91st began combat operations from Bassingbourn on 7 November , as one of the four "pioneer" B groups.
The first eight months of operations concentrated against the German submarine campaign , attacking U-boat pens in French ports or construction yards in Germany in 28 of the first 48 missions flown.
Secondary targets were Luftwaffe airfields, industrial targets, and marshalling yards. The 91st BG received a Distinguished Unit Citation for bombing marshalling yards at Hamm on 4 March in spite of adverse weather and heavy enemy opposition.
From the middle of until the war ended, the Group engaged chiefly in attacks on aircraft factories, aerodromes, and oil facilities. On 11 January organisations of Eighth AF went into central Germany to attack vital aircraft factories.
The 91st BG successfully bombed its targets in spite of bad weather, inadequate fighter cover and severe enemy attack, being awarded a second Distinguished Unit Citation for the performance. The 91st flew tactical bombing missions on the front line near Caen in August and attacked communications near the battle area during the Battle of the Bulge in December and January In support of Operation Varsity , the group assisted the push across the Rhine by striking airfields, bridges and railways near the front line in the spring of The 91st Bomb Group continued combat operations until 25 April , flying missions.
Its Bs were flown to storage in Texas and Arizona. A village hairdresser, who did not want to be named, said customers spoke of soldiers leering at young women jogging in the village; being aggressive to shop staff when they were refused alcohol and hiding from guards in bushes. We were all really shocked," she said.
Another resident said trust in the MoD "would never be the same again". Mrs Moore said most villagers hoped the base could be used again for troops instead of being sold off for housing, as has happened at nearby Waterbeach, but whatever happens the relationship with the MoD may take years to mend. You can't believe a word they say," she said. The MoD has yet to comment on its relationship and reputation within the community.
In a report published earlier this year, it said security arrangements at the barracks were "inadequate" but concluded "little could have been done to avert what happened". After publication, an MoD spokesman said: "We condemn the incidents that took place in Cambridge and Bassingbourn.
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Units undertake a series of training activities that end with a formal validation event known as a Mission Rehearsal Exercise MRX. This highly demanding exercise sees personnel face a range of scenarios they may encounter during their operational tour. During the MRX, soldiers practised scenarios that included vehicle patrols, speaking with the local population, treating casualties, and dealing with suspected Improvised Explosive Devices - IEDs.
MRTC is also responsible for training individual army personnel deploying to defence roles around the world. Bassingbourn Barracks is steeped in military history. The barracks were established in January , as the new Depot for the Queen's Division The depot was responsible for training recruits undergoing their week basic training before joining a regular battalion.
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