Invicta Airways

The airline of Kent

'Sam And The 100th Bomb Group' written by Sam Hurry and Malcolm Finnis was published in March 2009. It is a wartime tale and a piece of Norfolk social history, telling the story of two young boys who spent more time on a wartime U.S.A.A.F. operational bomber airfield than could be imagined. One lad's house was actually within the restricted confines of the airfield and Sam, now a trustee of the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, lived close nearby. Read how Sam, aged 9-11 when the Americans were at Thorpe Abbotts, was virtually adopted by the 351st Squadron ground crews. He assisted in such chores as carrying flares up to the Control Tower, laying the 'gooseneck' flarepath of an evening and burning the petrol and oil from the hardstands, during which he set fire to a tent. . The book , price £5.95 (ISBN 0-9515159-1-8) is available from any good bookshop or the web site.