All of the photos on this page are courtesy of Earl C. Rudolph, Jr. Earl's father was Earl C. Rudolph, 351st Bomb Squadron. Some of the photos are not specific to the 351st BS, but we decided to group them together because they are all part of a veteran's personal collection. These photos provide a true picture of life at Thorpe Abbotts during World War II. Many thanks to Karl Hauffe for identifying most of the photos of Station 139 taken from the air (January 2007)
	Unidentified 351st Armorers
	Chief Armorer E.D. Swank, Turret Chief George Farley
	"Doc" Kinder 351st Flight Surgeon, "Doc" McCarthy 350th Flight Surgeon
	"Swede" Jensen, Medic
	"Rebel" Cummings, Tech Supply
	Bombs on external racks being readied for fitting to B-17G
	Averil Hanna and "812"
	Preparing to load 1,000 or 2,000 lb bombs onto external racks
	Bomb storage area
	Aerial view of Station 139
	Great view of bomb on external rack, men unidentified
	FEVER BEAVER and ground crew
	1,000 or 2000 lb bomb on external rack addressed to Hitler
	Line Chief M/Sgt R. E. Spangler, Sgt. Otto Dietrich, Squadron Welder
	BOEING BELLE
	Semi armor-piercing 500 lb bomb, "Country" Watkins, Joe Jackson
	Barracks 13 residents
	HQ (Headquarters)
	Roy Christopher, Louis Grogan, Bill Pahls
	Line Chief M/Sgt R. E. Spangler, Capt. William Carleton, Engineering Officer
	338975 (LN-Z) landing
	OUR GAL SAL (EP-A)
	RDF workshop just west of the south end of runway 04/22
	Black and white checkered trailer was a runway control caravan, probably at the east end of runway 10/28
	A/C landing March/April 1945
	Station Sick Quarters
	Station Sick Quarters - Ambulances shown in this photo
	Control tower. Also shows where the station two letter identifier was – on top of the tower! These were usually in the grass in front of the tower. Also confirms the ladder going up the east side of the tower.
	Communal Site #1. The Enlisted Mess is just above the tennis court (didn’t know about that!) and the Sergeants Mess is at the top of the photo. The Sergeants Mess has what appears to be a Projection Extension on it, so I would guess it was used for showing movies. Just speculation at this point. In the upper left of the photo is the end of the Standby Generator building. At the lower left is a building identified on the airfield plans as the “Grocery and Produce Store”. It still exists and is referred to by the Museum staff as the Red Cross building. I wonder if that has been confused with the “Red Cross Aero Club” which shows up in another photo.... Karl Hauffe (Jan 2006)
	SILVER DOLLAR - 232090 (LD-R) After a taxi accident, this aircraft was redesignated LD-E
	Site 2 where the enlisted personnel from S-2, HQ, Photo Lab, and MPs were quartered
	Unidentified 100th Crew
	48209 (EP-A) Pathfinder aircraft
	MILK RUN MABEL - 337808 (LD-U)
	Unidentified 100th Crew
	338383 (LN-F)
	Figure 8 418th BS Hardstands with 7 B-17Gs
	WAAF site #1. My understanding is this area was used by officers, both flying and ground...Karl Hauffe (Jan 2007)
	“Red Cross Aero Club”. Note the tennis court in the top of the photo in order to locate it on Communal Site #1
	Chow line and Mess hall 1943 is actually part of Site 3. Latrine and Ablutions building are shown in upper part of picture and the short Nissen is identified as a picket post (there was supposed to be one at each site) but may have been used for other purposes. The one at Site 4 was used as a Post Office
	Communal Site #1 again, probably taken from (or close to) the tennis court. Again the Standby Generator building makes an appearance in the upper left.
	CARGO FOR MARGO - 338459 (LD-V)