The Eighth Air Force needed Halesworth for a new B - 24 Liberator group .
The Eighth Air Force sent the 56th to RAF Boxted on 18 April , a base the 354th FG had just vacated , moving to southern England in preparation for the invasion of France .
The Eighth Air Force needed Halesworth for a new B - 24 Liberator group , and sent the 56th to RAF Boxted on 18 April , a base the 354th FG had just vacated , moving to southern England in preparation for the invasion of France .