Was my favorite Bomb Group in the 8th Air Force...
When my dad was stationed at RAF Alconbury from 63 to 66, I went to school at Molesworth...
The WW 2 runway was still there, we use to ride bicycles from one end to the other...
our school cafeteria was one of the old WW2 chow halls...
our auditorium was the main briefing room for the missions with a big map of NW Europe on the wall...
The last mission flown from Molesworth in 1945, had all the coordinates on the wall .. It was covered by a huge Velvet curtain
most of the time...
My elementary school grounds and buildings (1963) was the 303rds HQ area...
There were still the remains of a few B 17s on the field, off at one end of the runway... is parts of course...
and the old church was still in use that you see on various pics of B17s taking off belonging to the 303rd, with the Triangle C on the tail and right wing....
A salute of respect for your dad, and let him know, 50 years ago, it was all still there just like they left it in 1945...
The Nissen huts, etc.. all over the base and the old firepools etc.....
I loved Molesworth.. and all the history left over from the war that was still ALL there 20 years later.
