Airfields and their Memorials in East Anglia
Contents
Matlaske to Seething
Airfield | Group | More | Memorial |
Matlask | Matlask served as a satellite station for RAF Coltishall operational from October 1940, The airfield had two grass landing strips. | Link | |
Mendlesham | Initially a RAF station from December 1943 until 4 April 1944, after which it was occupied by the USAAF 8th Air Force becoming station 156 and home to the 34th Bombardment Group flying both the B17 Fortress and B24 Liberators | Link | |
Mepal | Opened in June 1943 - RAF 75 (NZ) Sqdn. Thor missile base from 1957. | Link | |
Metfield | (AAF366) 8AF - 353BG, 491BG | Link | |
Metheringham | The airfield was constructed during 1942 and 1943, when approximately 600 acres of farmland and woods were cleared to create the new airfield for No. 5 Group Bomber Command in Grantham and 106 Sqdn. | Link | |
Methwold | Dispersal airfield for Feltwell in late 1938. After upgrading in 1943 became a satellite of Mildenhall. Closed in 1960. | Link | |
Mildenhall | Established in 1930, and opened in 1934. WWII RAF Bomber Command until 1945. Assigned to USAF in 1950 | Link | |
Molesworth | RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station dating back to 1917. Its runway and flight line facilities were closed in 1973 and demolished. New facilities were constructed to support ground-launched cruise missile operations in the early 1980s. It is now a non-flying facility under the control of the United States Air Force (USAF), and is one of two RAF stations in Cambridgeshire currently used by the USAF | Link | |
Mousehold Heath | In October 1914 the Royal Flying Corps took over the old cavalry drill ground as an airfield, now the Heartsease Estate, and erected the HQ buildings on the other side of Salhouse Road. Hangars and other buildings survive on Roundtree industrial estate. | Link | |
Nacton | See Ipswich | ||
Narborough | RFC Narborough was opened as a RNAS night landing ground but was soon taken over by the RFC later to become the RAF by which time in 1918 over 1000 personnel were based there. it was the largest all-aircraft Station in Britain during WW1. A total of twenty-one squadron served at Narborough. The Station closed in 1919 and the land was returned to agriculture. | Link | |
Newmarket Heath | Communications Unit under Signals Command (Commcen Eastern) and (Commcen North East) Runway was the Rowley Mile racecourse. | Link | |
North Creake | RAF. The site was originally used as a decoy, dummy airfield for RAF Docking but by 1942 additional airfields were required and the runways were laid by the end of the year. | Link | [[[]]] |
North Killingholme | The RAF station opened in November 1943, and became fully operational in January 1944 when 550 Squadron moved there from RAF Waltham. The station was with No. 1 Group RAF. No. 14 Base HQ was based at the airfield between 1944 and 1945. It remained operational until October 1945 | Link | |
North Pickenham | (Station 143) 8AF - 491BG, 492BG(H) | Link | |
North Cotes | Active air station during World War I, and then again from the mid-1920s. Between 1942 and 1945, during the Second World War, it was the home of a Coastal Command Strike Wing | Link | |
North Witham | Opened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces and allocated to the USAAF Troop Carrier Command in August 1943. | Link | |
Oakington | 2 Group 218 Sqdn. & 5 FTS. Currently awaiting redevelopment | Link | |
Old Buckenham | (AAF 144) 8AF - 453BG. A large part of the site is currently a private airfield. | Link | |
Oulton | RAF - 803 Radio Measures Counter Sqdn. | Link | |
Parham | See Framlingham | ||
Polebrook | (AAF110) 97BG(H) & 351B.G. | Link | |
Pulham | RNAS then RAF. Airship base from 1915. It was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1912 the site was not operational until 1915. From 1918 to 1958, the unit was a Royal Air Force establishment. The R34 landed at RNAS Pulham to complete the first two-way flown crossing of the Atlantic in July 1919. | Link | |
Rackheath | (AAF145) 8AF - 467BG. Construction began in 1943 for the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force with the normal configuration and buildings. The airfield was opened on 11 March 1944 and was used by the 467th Bombardment Group (H), with four Bomb Squadrons of B24 Liberators. The group flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945. Following handing the airfield back to the RAF, No. 94 and No. 231 Maintenance Unit were there briefly until the station closed permanently in late 1945. | Link | |
Rattlesden | (AAF126) 8AF - 447BG (temp 322BG) | Link | |
Raydon | (USAAF F-157) 8AF & 9AF - 353FG* 357FG, 358FG | Link | |
Ridgewell | The airfield was opened in December 1942 as a satellite of RAF Stradishall and was first used by No. 90 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, flying Stirlings until May 1943 when the USAAF (AAF167) 381BG(H) moved in. It remained the only long-term heavy bomber base of the 8th AF in Essex and the furthest east of its thirteen heavy bomber stations. | Link | |
Rivenhall | (AAF168) 363FG 397BG. Opened in 1942, used by RAF & USAAF. After the war it was closed in 1946 but kept in reserve until 1956. | Link | |
Rougham (Bury St Edmunds) | (AAF468) 8AF 47BG(L) briefly, 94BG(L), 322BG(M) It was built for the RAF during 1941 and 1942 with three intersecting concrete runways but used by the USAAF 1943 and 1944 flying four squadrons of B17 Fortresses | Link | |
Saltby | Initially the airfield was a grass satellite airfield to RAF Cottesmore, RAF Saltby opened in August 1941 as the home of No. 14 OTU, (Operational Training Unit) but closed for improvements in August 1943. In February 1944 it was allocated to the Ninth Air Force. It had gained three concrete runways, 33 loop and 17 pan hardstandings, and four T2 hangars and a B1. The 314th Troop Carrier Group, equipped with C-47s and C-53s, occupied the station from then until March 1945, when it was handed back to the RAF. In May 1945 it was used by a detachment of the 349th Troop Carrier Group, equipped with C-46s.The airfield closed in late 1945 & the station was used for storage until 1948.It was sold in 1955, much of the site has since been demolished and returned to agriculture. | ||
Sandtoft | RAF Sandtoft opened in February 1944 as a satellite airfield to RAF Lindholme which was 3 miles to the west. No. 1 Group, RAF Bomber Command based a number of aircraft here from the RAF 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit, including Halifaxes from RAF Faldingworth and Avro Lancasters. In November 1944 the airfield transferred to No. 7 Group Bomber Command. | Link | |
Scampton | RAF Scampton stands on the site of a WW1 RFC landing field, which had been called Brattleby. On the night of 16–17 May 1943, 617 Squadron despatched 19 Lancasters from Scampton. Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the main bulk of the squadron attacked the Sorpe, Eder and Möhne dams. | Link | |
Scopwick | RAF Scopwick was short lived under that name. To avoid confusion it was renamed Digby and was established on 28 March 1918. It has been home to a number of units, including Nos. 2 and 3 Flying Training Schools and both Guy Gibson and Douglas Bader were stationed here. | Link | |
Sculthorpe | RAF Sculthorpe was built as the second satellite airfield of RAF West Raynham a few miles to the south, the first being RAF Great Massingham. RAF 100 Grp. During the Cold War it was occupied by USAF 420th Air Refuelling Squadron. RAF Sculthorpe is now a military training facility for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. | Link. | |
Sedgeford | During World War I, the airfield was used for home defence duties, and was initially attached to the Royal Navy. By 1916, the Royal Flying Corps, a precursor the current RAF, took over the facilities. RAF Sedgeford was reused during World War II, when it was classified as a 'Q-type' and 'K-type' bombing decoy. | No memorial | |
Seething | (AAF146) 8AF - 448BG(H). Seething airfield was built in 1942−43 to the standard Class A requirement for heavy bombers. Now home to Waveney Flying Group. | Museum | |
Link to top of this page
( Page < < prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next >> )