Books & further reading
The airfield's story lives in a handful of books - some about Fersfield's operations directly, some about the wider world of the Eighth Air Force and RAF in East Anglia. This page is a work in progress as my collection grows!!
Jack Olsen, Aphrodite: Desperate Mission
This is a dramatised full-length account of the drone programme flown from Fersfield, including Joe Kennedy's death. Despite it being dramatised, it is based on first hand interviews and also is approved by Roy Forrest who was the CO of the airfield during this time. First published 1970; second-hand copies are findable and can be found as a self published reprint on amazon. Google Books record
Ian Mc Lachlan, Final Flights - Dramatic wartime incidents revealed by aviation archaeology
Chapter 6 chronicles Aphrodite and in particular the archaeological investigation into the crash site of B-17 42-39835 "Wantta Spar" which crashed killing pilot 1st Lt. J. W. Fisher at Watling Wood in Suffolk. Google Books record