Walk in the footsteps of the WWII "Mighty Eighth" heroes on the Roger A. Freeman Heritage Tour - "The Mighty Eighth."  This is an historically immersive travel experience offered by the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force.  

Join us on our upcoming tour as we visit heavy bomber bases, fighter group airfields, and select sites that are off the beaten path. Our tour offers a unique opportunity to delve into the "Mighty Eighth's" legacy while allowing you to explore all that this beautiful country has to offer on your own. 

The tour will be led by experienced guides who will provide valuable insights and historical context for each location. 

Your Tour Leader and Tour Manager are both experienced authorities on the history of the Eighth Air Force and Royal Air Force Bomber Command during WWII. Additional experts on the Eighth Air Force will be joining us as guest speakers along our journey.

Participants arrive at Heathrow Airport – London where they will be met by a representative from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force with signage and be taken to the MacDonald Windsor Hotel.
 

You will have the opportunity to explore the village of Windsor after check-in prior to a cocktail reception & welcome dinner, where you will meet the other tour participants and have the opportunity to ask any questions you might have about the itinerary. 

Participants will begin the tour by traveling to historic  Wycombe Abbey, the former Headquarters for the United States Army Air Corps - Eighth Air Force and Royal Air Force Bomber Command in WWII. 

Following lunch at the Crown and Treaty Pub - Uxbridge, the day will continue with a private museum guide at the Battle of Britain Bunker at RAF Uxbridge. The command bunker at RAF Uxbridge was the main center of communication for the Royal Air Force during the crucial days of the Battle of Britain.  

The day will conclude by returning to the MacDonald Windsor Hotel for the evening, where a casual dinner will be served.

Participants will pack up as the tour departs Windsor and travels to the country village of Rickling Green for a bite to eat at the Cricketer's Arms Pub.   

Following lunch, a tour of RAF Debden, a principal airbase during the Battle of Britain, that was turned over to U.S. Eighth Air Force Fighter Command. Now an active British Army installation, the tour will be permitted on base for a tour of this historic Eighth Air Force landmark, with a drive down the wartime runways where Fourth Fighter Group Spitfires, Thunderbolts, and Mustangs once operated.

The day will conclude with check-in at The Angel Hotel in the village of Bury St Edmunds with a free evening to explore on your own or with other participants.

The day will begin with a drive to St. Andrews Church in the village of Quidenham.  This beautiful church was built in the 15th Century,  where we will view the "airman's window", which is duplicated in the Chapel of the Fallen Eagles at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force.

We continue to Old Buckenham, the home of the 453rd Bomb Group. Flying the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the 453rd Bomb Group flew in the Eighth Air Force, Second Air Division. Eighth Air Force historian, Mr. James Cleary, will be our host as we tour the excellent Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum, followed by lunch at a local pub, The Gamekeeper, before continuing to Horham.

Following lunch, the tour will visit and have dinner at the Red Feather Club, a fully restored former NCO Club turned into a world-class museum relating to the 95th Bomb Group. It houses a large collection of wartime artifacts and memorabilia and contains some of the most spectacular original wartime wall murals.

The tour will head to Framlingham/Parham Airfield, where we will visit the restored Control Tower that now houses a museum. This location is significant as it served as the wartime home of the 390th Bomb Group.

We will then depart for Thorpe Abbotts and the 100th Bomb Group  Memorial Museum where we will have private access to see this incredible tribute to the 100th Bomb Group. The 100th Bomb Group is the featured unit in the upcoming Apple TV nine-part mini-series, “Masters of the Air.”

We will have a meal at a favorite 100th Bomb Group pub, the Half Moon Inn, followed by a free evening after returning to the hotel.

The tour will depart the Angel Hotel late morning and travel to Bottisham Airfield Museum, the home base of the 361st Fighter Group, where participants will have a chance to ride in wartime Willys jeeps and take a trip around the wartime airfield.

We will conclude the day by checking into the University Arms Hotel in Cambridge with a three-course dinner.

Participants have the option to choose how they’d like to spend their day. 

Tour offerings are the Imperial War Museum and the 91st Bomb Group airfield at Bassingbourn.  

Or, spend the day exploring Cambridge on your own or with a professional tour guide.

The day will begin with a tour of the  Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley.

Lunch will be at the nearby The Three Horseshoes pub before departing for London and check in at the Clermont - Charing Cross, with a free evening to explore the city.

The day will begin at the Churchill War Rooms beneath the National Treasury Building with a private tour that allows participants to go "behind the glass".

Lunch will be at Café Rouge and we will continue to St. Paul's Cathedral, which includes the American Chapel and the U.S. Roll of Honor.

Participants will have the day to explore the sites of this amazing city on their own schedule.

To close out the tour, a farewell dinner will be held at the Clermont Hotel - Charing Cross.

Participants will be driven directly to their terminal by private car for easy check-in on their return flight to the United States.