The 390th Bomb Group Home Page

The 390th Bomb Group Memorial Air Museum is housed in the original wartime Control Tower of Framlingham Station 153 and is tribute to the endeavours of the 390th Bomb Group, 8th U.S Army Air Force and other Allied airmen operating from bases throughout East Angla, during the Second World War.

Situated on open fields the museum is sign posted from the A12 to the north of Woodbridge after passing through Little Glemham, Suffolk. Area map click here.

Inside the museum exhibits include a unique and rare collection of recovered Second World War aircraft engines, parts of Allied and German aircraft, uniforms, numerous photographs, documents, combat records, paintings and memorabilia relevant to the U.S 8th Air Force, the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe of the Second World War. Many exhibits have been kindly donated to the museum.

Visitors to the museum are always ready to listen to the information about the museum collection from the "On Duty" staff and likewise the staff are interested in the wartime experiences of visitors be they forces life both home and abroad, in fact anything to do with life during the period of the second world war.

However, sometimes younger visitors have a view that is not apparent to the older generation. One example that amused the staff was when a young boy hearing the music being played in the museum, usually a Glen Miller recording, said to his father, "Listen Dad old music".

Our staff are often asked of crashes that took place, a major incident occurred when a pathfinder aircraft that was to lead the groups flying the day's mission was attacked as it was about to land. It was attacked by a JU-88 that had sneaked up on it's tail. With it's controls shot away it made a right turn past great Glemham church and crashed into a brick wall surrounding Glemham House and immediately burst into flames.

British soldiers billeted in Glemham House got to the wreck as fast as they could and without regard to the fact that the aircraft had a full bomb load aboard began to carry out the wounded and roll the bombs away. After the survivors were pulled to safety the situation became very dangerous and the rescuers were warned to draw back just as the remaining bombs started to explode.

Out of the thirteen crew men aboard sadly three were killed, but the ten crew men that escaped were saved by the quick actions of the British soldiers who risked their lives to save them.

The home page of the 390th Bomb Group Memorial Air Museum,
located in Parham, Suffolk, England