.... Today, my friends, Jeff & Margaret, drove me to the Retired RAF Thorpe Abbotts. The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.
During WW2 this was known as USAAF Station 139.
I knew two of the American airmen who were stationed there during WW2.
Archie “Happy“ Holladay, whose plane was named “Hard Luck“. He lived in Manning, South Carolina. I've stayed with him and his family six times.
The other American airman was Al Fretius. His plane was named “Our Baby“. He lived in the Napa Valley near San Francisco and I've stayed with him and his family many times. He has stayed at my house three times.
Alas both my friends have now died.
It was wonderful to see their old 1944 base again.
I am pictured on the roof of the control tower & with Ron Barely, veteran volunteer for many years.
