479th Fighter Group at Wattisham

Bibliography and website

There are several good histories of the 479th Fighter Group available for use in the American Library.

Among these histories are:

Terry A Fairfield: The 479th Fighter Group in World War II: in Action over Europe with the P-38 and P-51
John Stanaway: 479th Fighter Group
Maggie Aggiss: Wattisham aerodrome at war: from both sides of the fence

For more on the history of the airfield, see:

Martin Bowman: Bomber Bases of WW2: 2nd Air Division 8th Air Force USAAF 1942-45
Michael Bowyer: Action Stations Revisited: No 1 Eastern England
Ken Delve: The Military Airfields of Britain: East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk)
Roger Freeman: Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now

If you're interested in any of these books you can find and reserve them at the Norfolk Online Catalogue.