Mighty 8th & 9th – WW2 American Bomber Base Map

Description

Our Mighty 8th & 9th – WW2 American Bomber Base Map is a definitive record and guide to the Bloody Hundredth and all other Bombardment Groups based in the UK.

This low res image is of SplashMaps’ WW2 Bomber Base map

Original Air Charts

Featuring all the fighter and bomb groups and based on the original aerial charts used to navigate on day time raids over Germany and Western Europe, it gives the perfect context to tracing the history of the UK’s ‘friendly invasion’ from the USA. It’s part of our Battlefield Map range covering WW1 & WW2.

WW2 American Bomber

Each WW2 Bomber airfield is pin-pointed on the map, named and easily found with our reference grid.

Flying Fortress & Mustang

Superbly captured Flying Fortress B-17 and Mustang P-51 icons feature on the map courtesy of Ed Parsons Photography.

Staying true to the 1940’s style this is a perfect memorial piece for those tracing family history, remembering or simply emersing into those brave times.

Masters of the Air

The Mighty 8th & 9th – WW2 American Bomber Base Map is the perfect context setter for anyone enjoying the Masters of the Air series, first airing in January 2024.

Coverage

The Air Chart covers the eastern England including the Essex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and East Anglian WW2 bomber bases. It extendeds over the North Sea and including detail originally used to guide missions in the 1940’s.