Masters of the Air: The Mighty Eighth Over the Skies of Europe

May 7, 2025 - May 14, 2025

The rural farmland of England’s East Anglia region became the Allied headquarters for the “Bomber War.” Villages with prewar populations in the hundreds, suddenly buzzed with the energy of thousands of pilots, crew and support staff carrying out the missions to bring about the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. This was a new type of warfare, a war waged from the skies against an unseen enemy.

The National WWII Museum’s exclusive week-long Masters of the Air tour visits the villages and airfields from which American flyboys launched their massive bombing campaign against Nazi Germany. Visit the bases, control towers and museums that tell the story of the US Eighth Air Force and see restored aircraft like the ones flown by the Bomber Boys. Immerse yourself in the very pubs and country inns they frequented and meet, in London and elsewhere, survivors of the German Blitzkrieg.

 

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