398th Experiences

Living There

Nuthampstead

The combat crews started arriving in Nuthampstead England in April 1944. It was to be their home for a little over a year.

The following 398th web site articles include information about Living There. Note that in some cases the information may be just a few sentences within a story. However, even though just a few sentences or paragraphs, the reader will begin to get a feel for what it was like living there, including weather, food, and housing. Arranged alphabetically by author.

  1. 398th Christmas Menu - pdf scan and transcription
  2. 398th Short Snorters
  3. Nunzio Addabbo, 398th Navigator - 601st Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  4. Lt. Robert J. Beckley's Diary Introduction
  5. Life In England’s Nissen Hut: Few Pleasant Memories Recalled by Ken Blakesbrough (while the author was not at Nuthampstead, the article provides a good overview)
  6. Why I Should have been Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Lew Burke, Co-Pilot, 603rd
  7. Marvin Coffee, 398th Pilot - 602nd Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  8. My 398th B.G. Military Career - Clerk - 398th Group Headquarters by Robert Cronk
  9. Russell Currier, 398th Engineer - 603rd Squadron Video Interview Transcription -1
  10. Russell Currier, 398th Engineer - 603rd Squadron Video Interview Transcription -2
  11. T.J. "Ted" Johnston, 398th Pilot - 600th Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  12. Men from One Group Headquarters Hut - 398th Bomb Group - Spring 1945
  13. Phil Jones WWII Recollections by Philip H. Jones, Tail Gunner
  14. Clarence King, 398th Pilot - 603rd Squadron Video Interview Transcription - 1
  15. Clarence King, 398th Pilot - 603rd Squadron Video Interview Transcription - 2
  16. Tense Moments During Guard Duty by James J. LaDue
  17. V2 in the Bomb Dump - 12 December 1944 contributed by Malcolm ‘Ozzie’ Osborn
  18. Allen Ostrom, 398th Tail Gunner - 603rd Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  19. "Pep" Petrocine, 398th Pilot - 600th Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  20. "Pep" Petrocine, 398th Pilot - 600th Squadron Video Interview Transcription - more
  21. Russell Reed, 398th Pilot - 603rd Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  22. Ray Richman, 398th Executive Officer - 600th Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  23. Paul Roderick, 398th Pilot - 602nd Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  24. The Youngest Crew Goes to War - January 9, 1945 by Paul Wagner