398th Nuthampstead Base Photos

This page is an index to the 398th Nuthampstead Base and Airfield photographs, officially called Station 131. The Nuthampstead Airfield was used by the 398th Bomb Group from April 1944 and previously by the 55th Fighter Group.

398th Nuthampstead Base Aerial Photographs (1944-45)

1. Nuthampstead Airfield Aerial Photos Introduction
2. Nuthampstead Air Base Aerial View 1 (looking ESE) - April 1945
3. Nuthampstead Air Base Aerial View 2 (looking West) - April 1945
4. Station 131 Overhead 1 - May 1944
5. Station 131 Overhead 2 - 27 May 1944
6. Station 131 Overhead 3 - May 1944
7. Nuthampstead War Time Plan - 1944/45

398th Nuthampstead Base Photographs (1944-45)

1. 398th Control Tower at Station 131 Nuthampstead - 11 October 1944
2. Bomb Group Station Headquarters
3. 601st B-17 Doing a Go-Around (via Jenkins)
4. 601st B-17 Doing a Go-Around (via Vicha)
5. 398th B-17's Going to War
6. The 398th's Vultee Vengeance
7. Lt. Bob Welty and Friends in Nuthampstead - late 1944/Early 1945
8. Lt. Bob Welty and Model B-17 among the tents
9. Nuthampstead Mascots - Summer 1944
10. Intelligence Unit's Mascot, 603rd SQ - 1944/1945

Contemporary Views

1. A New View of the Old Base
2. Nuthampstead Taxiway - January 2005
3. Station 131 Main Runway Sign Alert - 2005