Aggregate Dockets from the Building of USAF Eye (Brome) Airfield - 1943
Built later in the war (during 1943) to house B-17s of the 8th Airforce's 490th Heavy Bombardment Group (and occasional stray aircraft such as a the B-24 Liberator that crashed on to the Swan Inn, Brome), which were stationed there between April 1944 and August 1945. These dockets were found by D Hardaker in old sheds in what is now the car-park of the Saracen's Head pub in Diss, and detail deliveries of hoggin and aggregates from Roydon Pit to "Brome RAF Station" and RAF Honnington.
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4th August 1943: 1 load from Hozne (Hoxne) Pit to RAF Honnington. Load refused at first as it was too wet (so the driver had to un-shovel half a yard so it was charged as only 3.5 yards) |
4th August 1943: lorry EPW836 - 9 loads of hoggin from Roydon Pit to Brome |
4th August 1943: lorry EPW835 - 9 loads of hoggin from Roydon Pit to Brome |
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5th August 1943: lorry EPN836: carted 9 loads of 4-cubic-yards' hoggin between 7:30am and 6:15pm. Required 10 gallons of petrol |
5th August 1943: 9 loads of hoggin to Brome Aerodrome Site |
6th August 1943: 1 load of hoggin to RAF Brome (from Roydon pits), plus 1 load to RAF Honnington and a private load to Winfarthing |
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6th August 1943: 4 cubic yards hoggin from Roydon to Brome, plus a load from Hoxne Pit to RAF Honnington and gravel to Forncett St. Peter |
August 7th 1943 (Saturday): 1 load of ballast from Oakley Pit to RAF Honnington. Driven by Peter W R Richer | |
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