9th AF Patch

416th Bombardment Group (L)

Wethersfield RAF Station, England

Transfer of Command from RAF to USAAF

April 15, 1944

 

 WWII-Medal

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Photos taken at the April 15, 1944 Transfer of Command from RAF to USAAF

courtesty of Peter Hill, grandson of Squadron Leader, Norman Cyril Grant "C.G." Newnham - RAF Base Commanding Officer at that time

 S/L Newnham Flag

RAF Wethersfield Commanding Officer Flag of Squadron Leader Norman C.G. Newnham (Jan-Apr 1944)

(Peter Hill photo)
Transfer Document


Mace/Newnham

Base transfer ceremony L to R: Col. Harold L. Mace, uncertain, Sq. Leader Norman C.G. Newnham, uncertain, Capt. William P. Battersby, SSgt Arnold A. Stockham
(Battersby and Stockham were decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross during this ceremony)


Review
416th personnel Passing in Review
Retiring British Flag

Retiring the British Flag


Flag Presentation
Presentation of the American Flag
Flag Raising  Flag Raised
Raising of the American Flag