D-day - Airfields Trail
D-Day: Launchpad for the Liberation of Europe
These routes mark South Kesteven's role in the liberation of western Europe. The District contained US Troop Carrier airfields and the Headquarters of the US IX Troop Carrier Command.
Airfields of the US 52nd Troop Carrier Wing
This route visits two airfields used to fly the US 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, as well as the airfield used to fly the Pathfinders of both the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions to Normandy on the night of the 5/6 June 1944.
This tour takes in the airfields of the US Army Air Force’s 52nd Troop Carrier Wing (part of IX Troop Carrier Command), from where paratroops of the US 82nd Airborne Division flew to Normandy on Mission BOSTON on D-Day.
This tour takes in the airfields of the US Army Air Force’s 52nd Troop Carrier Wing (part of IX Troop Carrier Command), from where paratroops of the US 82nd Airborne Division flew to Normandy on Mission BOSTON on D-Day.
Stop en route at Fulbeck Craft Centre
Little Jack's Café at the Little Jack's Farm and Garden Centre, Bottesford
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