About this museum
Also known as / searched as: 100th Bomb Group Museum · Thorpe Abbotts Museum · Bloody Hundredth Museum
Thorpe Abbotts was Station 139, home of the 100th Bomb Group — the 'Bloody Hundredth' of Masters of the Air — and the museum lives in the original control tower from which the ground crews counted the B-17s home, or didn't. Volunteer-restored since 1977 and free to enter, it is the benchmark for East Anglia's bomb-group museums: intimate, immaculate and heavy with particular human stories rather than general history.
The tower itself. Climb to the glasshouse, look down the ghost of the main runway, and the entire Eighth Air Force story reorganises itself around one Norfolk field.
Weekends March–October plus Wednesdays in summer; free entry (donate). Masters of the Air pilgrims are arriving in numbers; veterans' families get looked after wonderfully, per multiple moving reviews.
- “Great museum that really helps to tell the story of the 100th. Volunteers are really knowledgeable and interesting. Keep an eye open for Chloe the donkey!”— Gareth Wilkinson
- “Amazing moving place with real history. The volunteers were very kind and knowledgeable. Loved our visit”— Jp Russek
- “Amazing museum to visit and free make donation when there. So much history. The volunteers are very welcoming and knowledgeable. Will make another visit and spend more time there as stopped there on bike ride.”— Robert Allum
Public map reports · excerpted for reference · not reviews collected by this gazetteer
Frequently asked
What are the opening times for 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Thorpe Abbotts?
Sat–Sun 10am–5pm; Wed 10am–5pm (May–Sep). Verify current opening times with the museum before travelling.
How much does 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Thorpe Abbotts cost?
General admission is free. Check the museum's current prices before travelling.
Does 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Thorpe Abbotts have parking or a cafe?
Parking is recorded on site; a cafe or restaurant is recorded. Check current facilities with the museum before travelling.
Airframe checklist
No preserved airframes are on public display here.
This is an aviation-history, memorial or archive collection rather than an aircraft collection.
Inventory last verified 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Common Road, Dickleburgh, Diss IP21 4PH
- Phone
- 01379 740708
- Website
- www.100bgmus.org.uk/
- Hours
- Sat–Sun 10am–5pm; Wed 10am–5pm (May–Sep)
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- EA-05 on the situation map