Impressive “B17 Bomber” Award - Presented by The Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess - Army Training Regiment, Bassingbourn

Here on offer is an impressive award that was presented by the Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess of the Army Training Regiment, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England.

The award is made up of a heavy solid nickel silver model of a B17 American Bomber, that has been mounted onto a large square wooden base and may have a connection to the famous Memphis Belle Flying Fortress?

On top of the base is an etched aluminium plate that has the motto of the Army Training Regiment and a lovely image of an American long legged “pin up” model, as seen of the sides of the Memphis Bell B17 Bomber.

It also has the following words on it:

PRESENTED BY THE WARRANT OFFICERS’
AND SERGEANTS’ MESS
ARMY TRAINING REGIMENT
BASSINGBOURN

On the front of the base is cast aluminium image of the Army Training Regiment’s motto.

During WW2, Royal Air Force Bassingbourn served first as an RAF station and then as a B17 bomber airfield of the Eight Air force, of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

During 1943 RAF Bassingbourn was the focus of a number of media events. The station and its locality were featured in the documentary film Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress. One of the Memphis Belle’s propellers stood to greet you at the gatehouse on entering the Army Training Regiment.
The British Army barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Bassingbourn airfield, in January 1970, as the new Depot for the Queen’s Division. The depot was responsible for training recruits undergoing their 19-week basic training before joining a regular battalion (adult trainees did 19 weeks of training but junior trainees did 46 weeks of training); in 1993 the Barracks were re-designated the home of the "Army Training Regiment, Bassingbourn" and remained as such for nearly 20 years. Bassingbourn Barracks closed as an army training location in August 2012.

It remains the home of the Tower Museum Bassingbourn.



The award B17 Bomber measures 8” (20.4cm) wide and 5.6” (14.2cm) long.

The base measures 5.6” (14.2cm) square and 2.5” (6.3cm) high.

The award weighs a heavy 1.1Kg.

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