The 'Friendly Invasion' on Film : American Airmen in Norfolk

Heritage Open Day: 75 years ago East Anglia became home to thousands of American airmen. The US 8th Army Air Force (USAAF) arrived in Norfolk in 1942, and between 1942 and 1945 there were at any one time around 50,000 USAAF personnel stationed within a 30 mile radius of Norwich. This 'Friendly Invasion' introduced a largely rural backwater to the big band music of Glenn Miller, peanut butter, jitterbugging and Coca Cola... Come and experience the 'Friendly Invasion' on f

Thu 7 Sep:Screenings 10.30-12.30 & 14.30-16.30. Fri 8 Sep:Screenings 10.30-12.30 & 14.30-16.30. Sat 9 Sep:Screenings 10.30-12.30 & 14.30-16.30. Free Entry.

2nd Air Division (USAAF) Memorial Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1AW

Thu 7 Sep to Sat 9 Sep 2017

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Website: www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event//2nd-air-division-usaaf-memorial-library

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