The Thorpe Abbots control tower, restored in 1977
A B-17 Flypast, Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk - 27th May 2013
As part of the 70th Anniversary of the USAAF 8th Air Force, the B-17 "Sally B", escorted by fighter planes of Eagle Squadron, does a tour of various airfields, departing Duxford, flying over Madingley near Cambridge and then visiting Thorpe Abbots before continuing to Leiston on the Suffolk Coast followed by a return to Duxford. Nosher, Isobel, the boys and Grandad all turf up with a picnic to watch the flypast and - after the crowds disperse - to look around the control tower museum and play on a Willys jeep.
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People gather on top of the tower
A Willy's Jeep
A 1940s American pick-up truck
The Stars and Stripes
Fred and Grandad
The scene at Thorpe Abbots
More funky 50s pickups
More people mingle around on the tower
A picnic unfolds
'Old Glory' flaps around in the strong breeze
Eagle Squadron flies over first
Thunderbolt, Mustang, Hurricane and Spitfire
Sally B does a low flypast
The B-17 is right overhead
Sally B heads off
The crowds mill around
We have a look up in the Control Tower museum
Up in the re-built tower
The view from the control tower
The 'conservatory'
A model of a B-17
Fred and Harry on a Jeep - owned by another Fred
Fred legs it
Harry's desperate for another go on the jeep
Fred comes back
Isobel scoops Harry up
Part of the only remaining taxiway on the airfield
The only remaining bit of runway
A pile of concrete and twisted metal
In Thorpe Abbots, we spot an albino peacock
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The Thorpe Abbots control tower, restored in 1977
The Thorpe Abbots control tower, restored in 1977
People gather on top of the tower
A Willy's Jeep
A 1940s American pick-up truck
The Stars and Stripes
Fred and Grandad
The scene at Thorpe Abbots
More funky 50s pickups
More people mingle around on the tower
A picnic unfolds
'Old Glory' flaps around in the strong breeze
Eagle Squadron flies over first
Thunderbolt, Mustang, Hurricane and Spitfire
Sally B does a low flypast
The B-17 is right overhead
Sally B heads off
The crowds mill around
We have a look up in the Control Tower museum
Up in the re-built tower
The view from the control tower
The 'conservatory'
A model of a B-17
Fred and Harry on a Jeep - owned by another Fred
Fred legs it
Harry's desperate for another go on the jeep
Fred comes back
Isobel scoops Harry up
Part of the only remaining taxiway on the airfield
The only remaining bit of runway
A pile of concrete and twisted metal
In Thorpe Abbots, we spot an albino peacock