| abstract | - In 1951, Sculthorpe was the home of an airbase that housed both the RAF and the USAF. Sculthorpe's population of flyers benefited nearby Fakenham, as off-duty pilots frequented Fakenham's pubs, including the Owl and Unicorn. The Soviets launched a bombing raid on Sculthorpe in April 1951, using conventional explosives, rather than atomic weapons. The attack was one of several on airfields in the U.K. that actually proved more nuisances than truly destructive. Nonetheless, Sculthorpe itself saw one American barracks damaged, plus several planes and its runways. One American in the barracks, Bruce McNulty, was quite lucky: he was blown from his cot through the window, and only received a cut on the cheek. This article is a stub because the work is part of a larger, as-of-yet incomplete series.
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