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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">RAF Bottisham<br />USAAF Station 374<div style="padding-bottom:2px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/90px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/135px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/180px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_(World_War_II).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png/60px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png/90px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png/120px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="336" /></a></span> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="label">Located Near <a href="/wiki/Bottisham" title="Bottisham">Bottisham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Bottisham_-_19_April_1944_-_Airfield.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/RAF_Bottisham_-_19_April_1944_-_Airfield.jpg/275px-RAF_Bottisham_-_19_April_1944_-_Airfield.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/RAF_Bottisham_-_19_April_1944_-_Airfield.jpg/413px-RAF_Bottisham_-_19_April_1944_-_Airfield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/RAF_Bottisham_-_19_April_1944_-_Airfield.jpg/550px-RAF_Bottisham_-_19_April_1944_-_Airfield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="957" data-file-height="777" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Aerial photograph of Bottisham airfield, 19 April 1944</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style 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.pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cambridgeshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="RAF Bottisham is located in Cambridgeshire"><img alt="RAF Bottisham is located in Cambridgeshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Cambridgeshire_UK_location_map.svg/250px-Cambridgeshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Cambridgeshire_UK_location_map.svg/375px-Cambridgeshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Cambridgeshire_UK_location_map.svg/500px-Cambridgeshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:70.553%;left:72.88%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RAF Bottisham"><img alt="RAF Bottisham" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div>RAF Bottisham</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><span style="font-size:85%;">Map showing the location of RAF Bottisham within Cambridgeshire.</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=RAF_Bottisham&params=52.2138_N_0.2571_E_region:GB-CAM_type:airport"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°12′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°15′26″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.2138°N 0.2571°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.2138; 0.2571</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Royal Air Force station</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Code</th><td class="infobox-data">IM</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Ministry" title="Air Ministry">Air Ministry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1940</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1940–1946</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_Theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theatre of World War II">European Theatre of World War II</a><br />Air Offensive, Europe July 1942–May 1945</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Garrison</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a><br /><a href="/wiki/361st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="361st Fighter Group">361st Fighter Group</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Royal Air Force Bottisham</b> or more simply <b>RAF Bottisham</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">station</a> located 5 miles (8 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bottisham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RAF_Fighter_Command_use">RAF Fighter Command use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bottisham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: RAF Fighter Command use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>RAF Bottisham opened in March 1940 and was first used by bomb-armed <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth" title="De Havilland Tiger Moth">de Havilland Tiger Moths</a> transferred from <a href="/wiki/No._22_Elementary_Flying_Training_School_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF">No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF</a> (EFTS) to be prepared for possible anti-invasion duties. From October 1940 the airfield was used by 22 EFTS Tiger Moths as a Relief Landing Ground until 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the departure of the Tiger Moths, Bottisham was transferred to <a href="/wiki/No._241_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 241 Squadron RAF">241 Sqn Army Co-operation Command</a> with <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">Curtiss Tomahawks</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American Mustang Mk 1</a>'s, moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Prestwick" title="RAF Prestwick">Ayr</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>From 15 June 1942, the airfield was used by <a href="/wiki/No._652_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 652 Squadron RAF">No. 652 Squadron RAF</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._168_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 168 Squadron RAF">No. 168 Squadron RAF</a>. </p><p>A number of other Royal Air Force squadrons used the airfield before it was turned over to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> (USAAF): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAF">No. 2 Squadron RAF</a> between 31 January 1943 and 19 March 1943 with detachments at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Westcott" title="RAF Westcott">RAF Westcott</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Newmarket" title="RAF Newmarket">RAF Newmarket</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Cranfield" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Cranfield">RAF Cranfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Duxford" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Duxford">RAF Duxford</a> using the Mustang I. The squadron then moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fowlmere" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fowlmere">RAF Fowlmere</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198823_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198823-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAF">No. 4 Squadron RAF</a> between 20 March 1943 and 16 July 1943 using the Tomahawk IIA and Mustang I. The squadron then moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Gravesend" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Gravesend">RAF Gravesend</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198824_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198824-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._169_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 169 Squadron RAF">No. 169 Squadron RAF</a> between 10 March 1943 and 12 March 1943 with the Mustang I before moving to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Duxford" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Duxford">RAF Duxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198864_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198864-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._268_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 268 Squadron RAF">No. 268 Squadron RAF</a> between 6 March 1943 and 10 March 1943 with the Mustang I. The squadron then moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Snailwell" title="RAF Snailwell">RAF Snailwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198881_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198881-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._288_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 288 Squadron RAF">No. 288 Squadron RAF</a> between 18 January 1943 and March 1943 as a detachment from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Digby" title="RAF Digby">RAF Digby</a>. The squadron used the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a> I, <a href="/wiki/Boulton_Paul_Defiant" title="Boulton Paul Defiant">Boulton Paul Defiant</a> I and <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a> Mk's VB and IX. The squadron then moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coleby_Grange" title="RAF Coleby Grange">RAF Coleby Grange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198883_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198883-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">No. 400 Army Co-Operation Squadron</a> between 18 June 1941 and 25 June 1941. The squadron used the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysander</a> III and the Tomahawk Mk's I, IIA and IIB. The squadron then moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Odiham" title="RAF Odiham">RAF Odiham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198889_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198889-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._613_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 613 Squadron RAF">No. 613 Squadron RAF</a> between 7 March 1943 and 19 March 1943 with Mustang I before moving to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ringway" title="RAF Ringway">RAF Ringway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford1988100_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford1988100-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._654_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 654 Squadron RAF">No. 654 Squadron RAF</a> between 20 November 1942 and 20 February 1943 moving to <a href="/wiki/Gourock" title="Gourock">Gourock</a>. The squadron used the <a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_Auster#Variants" title="Taylorcraft Auster">Taylorcraft Plus C.2</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_Auster" title="Taylorcraft Auster">Taylorcraft Auster</a> Mk's I and III.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford1988102_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford1988102-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._4_Flying_Instructors_School_(Supplementary)_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 4 Flying Instructors School (Supplementary) RAF (page does not exist)">No. 4 Flying Instructors School (Supplementary) RAF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2761_Squadron_RAF_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2761 Squadron RAF Regiment">No. 2761 Squadron RAF Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_(Belgian)_Training_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RAF (Belgian) Training School (page does not exist)">RAF (Belgian) Training School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Army_Air_Forces_use">United States Army Air Forces use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bottisham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States Army Air Forces use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the arrival of large numbers of USAAF fighter groups in 1943, Bottisham was allocated to the Americans and assigned designation as Station 374 (IM). The airfield was enlarged and areas of <a href="/wiki/Marsden_Matting" class="mw-redirect" title="Marsden Matting">steel matting</a> were laid. </p><p>USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Bottisham were:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>50th Service Group (VIII Air Force Service Command)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>468th and 469th Services Squadrons; HHS 50th Service Group</dd></dl> <ul><li>18th Weather Squadron</li> <li>66th Station Complement Squadron</li> <li>1073rd Quartermaster Company</li> <li>1097th Signal Company</li> <li>1184th Military Police Company</li> <li>1598th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company</li> <li>2118th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="361st_Fighter_Group">361st Fighter Group</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bottisham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 361st Fighter Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:361fg-p47.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/361fg-p47.jpg/220px-361fg-p47.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/361fg-p47.jpg/330px-361fg-p47.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/361fg-p47.jpg/440px-361fg-p47.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption>P-47D-11-RE Thunderbolt aircraft Serial 42-75452 of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, based at Bottisham Airfield, England.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_at_Bottisham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_at_Bottisham.jpg/220px-RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_at_Bottisham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_at_Bottisham.jpg/330px-RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_at_Bottisham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_at_Bottisham.jpg/440px-RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_at_Bottisham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4987" data-file-height="3402" /></a><figcaption>P-51 Mustangs, including (E9-S, serial number 42-106707) nicknamed "Sleepytime Gal", (B7-E, serial number 42-106839) nicknamed "Bald Eagle III" and (E9-K) nicknamed "Vi" of the 361st Fighter Group line up for take off on D-Day at Bottisham.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_in_Flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_in_Flight.jpg/220px-RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_in_Flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_in_Flight.jpg/330px-RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_in_Flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_in_Flight.jpg/440px-RAF_Bottisham_-_361st_Fighter_Group_-_P-51B_Mustangs_in_Flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="840" /></a><figcaption>"The Bottisham Four", four USAAF North American P-51 Mustang fighters from the 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, from RAF Bottisham, Cambridgeshire (UK), in flight on 26 July 1944. All four aircraft were lost or crashed by the end of the war in Europe.</figcaption></figure> <p>The airfield was first used by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> <b><a href="/wiki/361st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="361st Fighter Group">361st Fighter Group</a></b>, arriving from <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a> AAF, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> on 30 November 1943. The group was under the command of the <b>65th Fighter Wing</b> of the <a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII Fighter Command</a>. Aircraft of the group were identified by yellow around their cowlings and tails. </p><p>The group consisted of the following squadrons: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/374th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="374th Fighter Squadron">374th Fighter Squadron</a> (B7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/375th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="375th Fighter Squadron">375th Fighter Squadron</a> (E2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Fighter_Squadron" title="376th Fighter Squadron">376th Fighter Squadron</a> (E9)</li></ul> <p>The 361st FG entered combat with <a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">Republic P-47 Thunderbolt</a> aircraft on 21 January 1944 and converted to <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American P-51 Mustang</a>'s in May 1944. The unit served primarily as an escort organisation, covering the penetration, attack, and withdrawal of <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress</a>/<a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> bomber formations that the USAAF sent against targets on the Continent. </p><p>The group also engaged in <a href="/wiki/Counter-air_patrol" title="Counter-air patrol">counter-air patrols</a>, fighter sweeps, and strafing and dive-bombing missions. It attacked such targets as aerodromes, marshalling yards, missile sites, industrial areas, ordnance depots, oil refineries, trains, and highways. It participated in the assault against the German Air Force and aircraft industry during <a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a>, 20–25 February 1944; the <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">Normandy invasion</a>, June 1944 and the <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a> breakthrough in July. </p><p>The weight of the heavy P-47 fighters soon began to tell on the wet surface making take-offs tricky. A team of American engineers was called in during January 1944 and, in three days, they constructed a 1,470-yard-long runway with pierced-steel planking. This feat was considered a record for laying this type of prefabricated surfacing. The runway, which was aligned NE-SW, became the main one at Bottisham, the other also being constructed of PSP. </p><p>In September 1944 the 361st FG moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">RAF Little Walden</a> when it became available after the departure of the 409th Bombardment Group (Light) for <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. Little Walden was a Class A airfield with concrete runways and much better facilities than were available at Bottisham. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-war_use">Post-war use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bottisham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-war use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From mid-1945 until 5 January 1946 Bottisham was used temporarily by Belgian airmen until being closed. Today, few traces of Bottisham remain as the land has all been reclaimed for farming, however a few buildings remain in use. The outline of the PSP runway can still be seen, but now as a long thick row of trees. Also the track which intersected the PSP runway towards the SW end is now a permanent road which cuts through this row of trees. There is now a volunteer-run museum at the former site, in honour of the RAF and USAF personnel who were stationed there during the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bottisham_Airfield_Museum">Bottisham Airfield Museum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bottisham&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bottisham Airfield Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The museum opened in 2009 and is the only UK museum dedicated to the Royal Air Force, United States 8th Army Air Force and Belgian Air Forces. It operates out of the last remaining buildings within the airfield's original perimeter. </p><p>The purchase of the site was completed in September 2014 and, since then renovation and restoration of the airfield buildings and restoration to their original appearance has been in process. 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After the Battle <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900913-09-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-900913-09-6">0-900913-09-6</a></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. (1991) The Mighty Eighth The Colour Record. Cassell & Co. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1">0-304-35708-1</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJefford1988" class="citation book cs1">Jefford, C G (1988). <i>RAF Squadrons. 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<li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Keevil" title="RAF Keevil">Keevil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kimbolton" title="RAF Kimbolton">Kimbolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kings_Cliffe" title="RAF Kings Cliffe">Kings Cliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kirton_in_Lindsey" title="RAF Kirton in Lindsey">Kirton In Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Knettishall" title="RAF Knettishall">Knettishall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lavenham" title="RAF Lavenham">Lavenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leiston" title="RAF Leiston">Leiston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">Martlesham Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mendlesham" title="RAF Mendlesham">Mendlesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Metfield" title="RAF 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title="RAF Seething">Seething</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shipdham" title="RAF Shipdham">Shipdham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">Snetterton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Steeple_Morden" title="RAF Steeple Morden">Steeple Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sudbury" title="RAF Sudbury">Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts" title="RAF Thorpe Abbotts">Thorpe Abbots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thurleigh" title="RAF Thurleigh">Thurleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">Tibenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wattisham" title="RAF Wattisham">Wattisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Watton" title="RAF Watton">Watton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wendling" title="RAF Wendling">Wendling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Westhampnett" title="RAF Westhampnett">Westhampnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">Wormingford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolo_Airfield" title="Bolo Airfield">Bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma" title="Marine Corps Air Station Futenma">Futenma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yontan_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Yontan Airfield">Yontan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible 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