A ride out to the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, at Thorpe Abbotts, A fascinating little museum and more than worth a look if you're ever in the area. Run by volunteers, and free to enter, it tells the story of the 100th Bomb Group (part of the 8th USAAF) which flew B17 Flying Fortresses out of here from 1943 to 1945. It is stuffed with artefacts, both military and personal, from their short time here. The 100th Bomb Group suffered heavy losses early on and soo n gained the nickname of 'The Bloody Hundredth', and survives to this day as the 100th Air Refuelling Wing based at RAF Mildenhall.