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Conington is a small village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire. It lies within earshot of Ermine Street, now called the Great North Road, about south of Peterborough and north of Sawtry. The Cotton Baronetcy of Conington was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Bruce Cotton (1570–1631), who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons.〔ODNB: Stuart Handley, "Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, first baronet (1571–1631)" (Retrieved 14 March 2014, pay-walled. )〕 The novelist and editor Henrietta Maria Bowdler was born in Conington in 1750.〔M. Clare Loughlin-Chow, "Bowdler, Henrietta Maria (1750–1830)" (Retrieved 14 March 2014, pay-walled. )〕 In the Second World War, Conington was located next to Royal Air Force Station Glatton. RAF Glatton was constructed to Class "A" standards to support heavy bombers in 1943 with the intent of being used by the U.S. Army Air Forces. The 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived on 21 January 1944. The recognizable tail code of the 457th was the "triangle U" painted on the vertical stabilizers of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses which operated from the air base. The 457th Bomb Group operated RAF Glatton from January 1944 until 20 April 1945, when it completed its 237th and last combat mission at the conclusion of the war. In All Saints Church, Conington is a memorial to the 457th Bomb Group. 〔457th Bomb Group (H) and RAF Glatton (Cambridge Military History Research Site )〕 ==See also== *All Saints Church, Conington *RAF Glatton 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conington, Huntingdonshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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