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  • The US Army in Cresswell, Staffordshire during WW2

    Author: Euan Withersby The rural village of Cresswell near Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, played host to the American soldiers of the US Army’s Chemical Warfare Service during the Second World War. Set amongst the fields and rolling hills of the Staffordshire countryside to the west of the famous pottery town of Stoke-on-Trent, documents from the US…

  • Building the Tamiya 1/35 Willys Jeep

    Building the Tamiya 1/35 Willys Jeep

    Tamiya 1/35 Jeep build review. This post also explores the history of a Jeep based at the USAAF Replacement Depot at Washington Hall, Chorley, England.

  • A history of Washington Hall Chorley, USAAF Station 591

    Washington Hall in Chorley, England was a USAAF Replacement Depot that became temporary home to thousands of American Army Air Forces personnel between 1942 and 1945. The soldiers who came through the ‘Repple Depple’ at Washington Hall in Euxton were either arriving in Britain at the start of their duty or happy warriors on their…