This article analyses the important role that food played in providing ‘comfort’ to the service personnel of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) serving in East Anglia during the Second World War. Current theories on comfort food will be discussed before moving onto an examination of letters, diaries, and memoirs held by the Second Air Division Memorial Library, Norwich, UK. It is clear that food played an important role in maintaining morale. Certain foods had the ability to evoke nostalgic thoughts of home. Not only did the food provide solace, it also reminded the troops what they were fighting for. This article also demonstrates that USAAF personnel in East Anglia, they had a wide selection of foods from which they could gain comfort.

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“我确实感觉很好，因为我的肚子里装满了美味的烤饼”：第二次世界大战期间东安格利亚的舒适食品、家庭和美国空军

本文分析了第二次世界大战期间，食物在为在东英吉利服役的美国陆军空军 (USAAF) 的服务人员提供“安慰”方面发挥的重要作用。在开始检查由英国诺里奇第二空军师纪念图书馆保存的信件、日记和回忆录之前，将讨论当前关于舒适食物的理论。很明显，食物在保持士气方面发挥了重要作用。某些食物能够唤起对家的怀旧思绪。食物不仅提供了慰藉，也提醒了部队他们战斗的目的。这篇文章还展示了东安格利亚的 USAAF 人员，他们有各种各样的食物可供他们选择。