The 2026 457th BG Association UK tour itinerary has been updated and finalized, and it looks to be an excellent experience. For those who went on our tour a couple of years ago, there are a lot of new items on next year’s tour. A brief outline of the tour is shown below. A more detailed description of each day can be found on the tour website: https://www.tours-international.com/usaaf-457th-bomb-group-2026-england-tour
Registering for the tour is done through the tour website. To register for the tour, use the password: FaitAccompli (all one word, capital F and capital A).
Tour itinerary:
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Day 1 – Thu 21 May
Arrival into London Heathrow airport
Short afternoon orientation tour of London
Visit Imperial War Museum
Overnight London Millennium Gloucester hotel
Day 2 – Fri 22 May
Breakfast
Visit RAF Biggin Hill airfield and museum – Battle of Britain
Visit Chartwell home to Sir Winston Churchill
Dinner and overnight London Millennium Gloucester hotel
Day 3 – Sat 23 May
Breakfast
Visit Windsor Castle
Visit Twinwood Airfield and Glenn Miller Museum (boarded plane before disappearing) to be confirmed
Dinner and overnight Peterborough Bull hotel
Day 4 – Sun 24 May
Breakfast
The Water Tower and Memorial
Glatton Airfield (Station 130)
Pub lunch
Conington All Saints
Stone Airman
Dinner and overnight Peterborough hotel
Day 5 – Mon 25 May – Memorial Day
Breakfast
Madingley Cemetery
Duxford IWM
Punting tour of Cambridge
Dinner and overnight Cambridge hotel
Day 6 – Tue 26 May
Breakfast
Transfer to London Heathrow airport
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Please consider joining us for this great experience. And thanks to all those who have already indicated their interest in the tour.
Eric D. Zemper, PhD
President, 457th BG Association
zemper@msu.edu