Editing East of England (section)

===Second World War===
Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex played host to the American [[Eighth Air Force|VIII Bomber Command]] and [[Ninth Air Force]]. The [[Imperial War Museum Duxford|Imperial War Museum at Duxford]] has an exhibition, commemorating their participation and sacrifice, near to the M11 south of Cambridge.<ref name="Macleod 647–665"/>

Stansted Airport was [[RAF Stansted Mountfitchet]], home to the [[126th Air Refueling Wing|344th Bombardment Group]]. The [[de Havilland Mosquito]] was mainly assembled at Hatfield and Leavesden, although much of the innovative wooden structure originated outside the region from the furniture industry of [[High Wycombe]]; the Mosquito entered service in 1942 with [[No. 105 Squadron RAF|105 Sqn]] at [[RAF Horsham St Faith]]. [[RAF Tempsford]] in Bedford is the airfield from where [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] secret agents for Europe took off, with [[No. 138 Squadron RAF|138 Sqn]] which parachuted agents and equipment and [[No. 161 Squadron RAF|161 Sqn]] which landed and retrieved agents. [[No. 19 Squadron RAF|19 Sqn]] at Duxford was the first to be equipped with the Spitfire on 4 August 1938.<ref name="Macleod 647–665"/>