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.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:Suffolk_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="RAF Bungay is located in Suffolk"><img alt="RAF Bungay is located in Suffolk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Suffolk_UK_location_map.svg/250px-Suffolk_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Suffolk_UK_location_map.svg/375px-Suffolk_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Suffolk_UK_location_map.svg/500px-Suffolk_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="927" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.282%;left:69.462%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RAF Bungay"><img alt="RAF Bungay" 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="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div>RAF Bungay</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Shown within Suffolk</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Suffolk</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><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:United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="RAF Bungay is located in the United Kingdom"><img alt="RAF Bungay is located in the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg/250px-United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="386" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg/375px-United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg/500px-United_Kingdom_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="886" data-file-height="1369" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:71.403%;left:94.026%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RAF Bungay"><img alt="RAF Bungay" 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 Bungay</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">RAF Bungay (the United Kingdom)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United Kingdom</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_Bungay&params=52_25_54_N_001_24_41_E_region:GB_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°25′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">001°24′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.43167°N 1.41139°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.43167; 1.41139</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">JO</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">Operator</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><br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</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">1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data">Kirk & Kirk Ltd.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1942-1955<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1955</span>)</span></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%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">38 metres (125 ft) <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">04/22</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,730 metres (5,676 ft) <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">Concrete</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">08/26</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,225 metres (4,019 ft) Concrete</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">17/35</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,300 metres (4,265 ft) Concrete</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Royal Air Force Bungay</b> or more simply <b>RAF Bungay</b> (known locally as Flixton) 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 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Bungay" title="Bungay">Bungay</a> in the <a href="/wiki/English_county" class="mw-redirect" title="English county">English county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>. </p><p>The airfield is also known after the village of <a href="/wiki/Flixton,_The_Saints" title="Flixton, The Saints">Flixton</a>, near which it was built. </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_Bungay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bungay airfield was originally planned as a satellite for nearby <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">RAF Hardwick</a> and was constructed by Kirk & Kirk Ltd., during 1942 with a main runway of 6,000 feet in length and two intersecting secondary runways, one of 4,220 feet and the other of 4,200 feet. In common with other airfields of the period, the technical, administrative and domestic buildings were dispersed to lessen the impact of any enemy air attack. The buildings were all of a temporary nature and the various sites were chiefly to the west of the airfield. </p> <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_Bungay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: United States Army Air Forces use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The airfield was allocated to the Americans and transferred to 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> and designated <b>Station 125</b>. </p><p>USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Bungay were:<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> <ul><li>460th Sub-Depot (VIII Air Force Service Command)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Quartermaster Depot Q-104<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18th Weather Squadron</li> <li>25th Station Complement Squadron</li> <li>555th Quartermaster Battalion</li> <li>1214th Quartermaster Company</li> <li>1248th Military Police Company</li> <li>1821st Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company</li> <li>885th Chemical Company</li> <li>979th Quartermaster Service Company</li> <li>987th Military Police Company</li> <li>2035th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon</li> <li>212nd Finance Section</li> <li>558th Army Postal Unit</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="428th_Bombardment_Squadron">428th Bombardment Squadron</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 428th Bombardment Squadron"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bungay was still unfinished when the <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/428th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="428th Bombardment Squadron">428th Bombardment Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/310th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="310th Bombardment Group">310th Bombardment Group</a> (Medium) at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">RAF Hardwick</a> arrived with fourteen <a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">North American B-25 Mitchell</a> medium bombers in October 1942. The squadron moved on to <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9diouna_Airfield" title="Médiouna Airfield">Médiouna Airfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Morocco" class="mw-redirect" title="French Morocco">French Morocco</a> on 18 November 1942. A 12th Air Force film clip indicates that the 310th Bombardment Group was the first 12th Air Force group to fly the northern transport route from the United States to Europe and initially arrived at <a href="/wiki/Prestwick,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Prestwick, Scotland">Prestwick, Scotland</a> in October 1942. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="329th_Bombardment_Squadron">329th Bombardment Squadron</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 329th Bombardment Squadron"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1942, eight <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberators</a> of the <a href="/wiki/329th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="329th Bombardment Squadron">329th Bombardment Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/93d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Bombardment Group">93d Bombardment Group</a> (Heavy) at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">RAF Hardwick</a> were sent to Bungay to prepare for special intruder operations. These aircraft conducted raids in bad weather with the mission of harassing the German air raid warning system. The 329th flew these missions until March 1943 when they rejoined the 93d at Hardwick. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="446th_Bombardment_Group_(Heavy)"><span id="446th_Bombardment_Group_.28Heavy.29"></span>446th Bombardment Group (Heavy)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 446th Bombardment Group (Heavy)"><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:RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_crew_44-40268.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_crew_44-40268.jpg/220px-RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_crew_44-40268.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_crew_44-40268.jpg/330px-RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_crew_44-40268.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_crew_44-40268.jpg/440px-RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_crew_44-40268.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1290" data-file-height="858" /></a><figcaption>A bomber crew, led by Lieutenant Grant, of the 706th Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group with their B-24J-155-CO Liberator (RT-H, serial number 44-40268) nicknamed "Kentucky Belle".</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_42-100347.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_42-100347.jpg/220px-RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_42-100347.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_42-100347.jpg/330px-RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_42-100347.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_42-100347.jpg/440px-RAF_Bungay_-_446th_Bombardment_Group_-_B-24_42-100347.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="971" /></a><figcaption>A B-24J-95-CO Liberator ("Lil' Max", JU-M, serial number 42-100347) of the 707th Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group dropping bombs on Gotha, Germany from 17,000 ft, 20 February 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>Additional construction was performed at Bungay until November 1943 when the airfield received the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/446th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="446th Bombardment Group">446th Bombardment Group</a> (Heavy) from <a href="/wiki/Lowry_Air_Force_Base" title="Lowry Air Force Base">Lowry AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. The 446th was assigned to the 20th Combat Bombardment Wing and the group tail code was a "Circle-H". Its operational squadrons were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/704th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="704th Bombardment Squadron">704th Bombardment Squadron</a> (FL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/705th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="705th Bombardment Squadron">705th Bombardment Squadron</a> (HN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/706th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Bombardment Squadron">706th Bombardment Squadron</a> (RT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/707th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="707th Bombardment Squadron">707th Bombardment Squadron</a> (JU)</li></ul> <p>The 446th operated chiefly against strategic objectives on the Continent from December 1943 until April 1945. Targets included <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> installations at <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a>, the port at <a href="/wiki/Bremen_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bremen (city)">Bremen</a>, a chemical plant at <a href="/wiki/Ludwigshafen" title="Ludwigshafen">Ludwigshafen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ball-bearing" class="mw-redirect" title="Ball-bearing">ball-bearing</a> works at Berlin, aero-engine plants at <a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a>, aircraft factories at <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, marshalling yards at <a href="/wiki/Coblenz" class="mw-redirect" title="Coblenz">Coblenz</a>, motor works at <a href="/wiki/Ulm" title="Ulm">Ulm</a>, and oil refineries at <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>. </p><p>Besides strategic missions, the group often carried out support and interdictory operations. It supported the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> in June 1944 by attacking strong points, bridges, airfields, transportation, and other targets in France. It aided ground forces at <a href="/wiki/Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a> during July by hitting bridges, gun batteries, and enemy troops. Dropped supplies to Allied troops near <a href="/wiki/Nijmegen" title="Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market-Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Market-Garden">airborne attack on the Netherlands</a> in September. Bombed marshalling yards, bridges, and road junctions during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>, December 1944 - January 1945. Dropped supplies to airborne and ground troops near <a href="/wiki/Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Allied assault across the Rhine</a> in March 1945. </p><p>The 446th Bomb Group flew its last combat mission on 25 April, attacking a bridge near <a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a>. It returned to <a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls_Regional_Airport" title="Sioux Falls Regional Airport">Sioux Falls AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, during June and July 1945, being inactivated there on 18 August 1945. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-24J_%22Bungay_Buckaroo%22_on_display_at_the_Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum_in_Arizona.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/B-24J_%22Bungay_Buckaroo%22_on_display_at_the_Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum_in_Arizona.jpg/220px-B-24J_%22Bungay_Buckaroo%22_on_display_at_the_Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum_in_Arizona.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/B-24J_%22Bungay_Buckaroo%22_on_display_at_the_Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum_in_Arizona.jpg/330px-B-24J_%22Bungay_Buckaroo%22_on_display_at_the_Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum_in_Arizona.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/B-24J_%22Bungay_Buckaroo%22_on_display_at_the_Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum_in_Arizona.jpg/440px-B-24J_%22Bungay_Buckaroo%22_on_display_at_the_Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum_in_Arizona.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3818" data-file-height="2546" /></a><figcaption>B-24J in the markings of both 446th Bomb Group (shown) and Indian Air Force, Number 6 Squadron (1968, far side)</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum" title="Pima Air & Space Museum">Pima Air & Space Museum</a> as of 2013 has a Liberator N7866 with nose art "Bungay Buckaroo" related to the 446th Bomb Group stationed at Bungay in 1944.<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. (April 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Navy">Royal Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Royal Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> acquired use of the former USAAF used airbase, when it was transferred from the <a href="/wiki/Air_Ministry" title="Air Ministry">Air Ministry</a> on loan in September 1945 and it was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 25 September as <b>HMS <i>Europa</i> II</b>. Known as <b>Royal Naval Air Station Bungay</b> (<b>RNAS <i>Bungay</i></b>), it was used as a satellite airfield to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">RNAS Halesworth (HMS <i>Sparrowhawk</i>)</a> under the command of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)">Lieutenant Commander</a> R.J. Hanson <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)">DSC</a></span></span>. However, there is no record of any <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> units operating out of this airfield. It was subsequently <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning#Decommissioning" title="Ship commissioning">‘paid off’</a> on 31 May 1946 and was returned to the Air Ministry, closing on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-RNRA-Bungay_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNRA-Bungay-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Air_Force">Royal Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Royal Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1946 it was returned to RAF control and was assigned to <a href="/wiki/No._53_Maintenance_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 53 Maintenance Unit RAF">No. 53 Maintenance Unit RAF</a> and became a maintenance sub-unit of <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._94_MU_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 94 MU RAF (page does not exist)">No. 94 MU RAF</a> which had its HQ at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Ashfield" title="RAF Great Ashfield">RAF Great Ashfield</a>. Stored on the runways and in the buildings, were 250 lb., 500 lb., 2000 lb., and 4,000 lb. bombs, balloon cable cutting cartridges, depth charges, 7-inch parachute flares and German ammunition. The latter two items were eventually taken to 53 MU at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Pulham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Pulham">RAF Pulham</a>, and destroyed there. Some time in July 1949, the site was taken over by 53 MU until Bungay's closure in 1955. The airfield was eventually put up for sale and disposed of in 1961/1962. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_war">Post war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post war"><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:Inside_one_of_the_Nissen_huts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430631.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Inside_one_of_the_Nissen_huts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430631.jpg/220px-Inside_one_of_the_Nissen_huts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430631.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Inside_one_of_the_Nissen_huts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430631.jpg/330px-Inside_one_of_the_Nissen_huts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430631.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Inside_one_of_the_Nissen_huts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430631.jpg/440px-Inside_one_of_the_Nissen_huts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430631.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>A view inside part of the Flixton Air Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>With the end of military control Bungay airfield was the location of the <a href="/wiki/Martlesham_Heath" title="Martlesham Heath">Martlesham Heath</a> Parachute Club, with <a href="/wiki/Cessna_182" class="mw-redirect" title="Cessna 182">Cessna 182</a> G-ATNU and crop sprayers, including <a href="/wiki/Piper_PA-25_Pawnee" title="Piper PA-25 Pawnee">Pawnee D</a> G-BFRY. In 1981-82, the Flixton Church Roof Restoration Fund held mini air shows. Until 1983, the main runway and peritrack were in good condition, but the following year work started on breaking them up. </p><p>In the spring of 1986 a new set of oak gates were hung at St Mary's Church, Flixton, which stands close to the old airfield. These were bought as a result of donations by veterans of the 446th BG to replace those originally presented in 1945 by the Americans at Flixton. A small memorial plaque carries the inscription, "These gates were presented in memory of the men of the 446th Bombardment Group, USAAF, who gave their lives in the defence of freedom, 1941-1945". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_use">Current use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Current use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Of the airfield itself, most of the wartime buildings, including the control tower and hangars, have long since been demolished and the airfield has largely returned to agricultural use. Several buildings in the technical site survive, with wartime paintings on the inside walls of the former dining hall. </p><p>An organization called the USAAF Heritage Trust announced plans to preserve the remaining buildings at the base.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The former airfield is the home of <a href="/wiki/2_Sisters_Food_Group" title="2 Sisters Food Group">2 Sisters Food Group</a> Buxted Chickens factory. There is also a large <a href="/wiki/Mushroom" title="Mushroom">mushroom</a> farm. In the early 2000s, Bungay's largest employer Clays, then part of <a href="/wiki/St_Ives_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="St Ives Group">St Ives Group</a>, failed to gain planning permission to re-site their printing factory on the airfield. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norfolk_and_Suffolk_Aviation_Museum">Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Bungay&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Suffolk_Aviation_Museum" title="Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum">Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum</a></div> <p>An aircraft museum has been established since 1972<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> next to the Buck Inn, Flixton, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the airfield site. 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Air Force commands">Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups" title="List of Royal Air Force groups">Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the Royal Air Force">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_independent_flights" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights">Flights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conversion_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force">Conversion units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units" title="List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units">Operational Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_schools" title="List of Royal Air Force schools">Schools / Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of ferry units of the Royal Air Force">Ferry units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Glider_units" title="List of Royal Air Force Glider units">Glider units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_units_%26_establishments" title="List of Royal Air Force units & establishments">Misc units</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Satellite Landing Grounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Regiment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Flights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">branches and<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Board" title="Air Force Board">Air Force Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Chaplains_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch">RAF Chaplains Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Intelligence" title="RAF Intelligence">RAF Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Legal_Branch" title="RAF Legal Branch">RAF Legal Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Medical_Services" title="RAF Medical Services">RAF Medical Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Mary%27s_Royal_Air_Force_Nursing_Service" title="Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service">Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Police" title="Royal Air Force Police">RAF Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_ground_trades" title="List of Royal Air Force ground trades">RAF ground trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Music_Services" title="Royal Air Force Music Services">RAF Music Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force" title="RAF Search and Rescue Force">RAF Search and Rescue Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">RAF Mountain Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Marine_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Air_Cadets" title="Royal Air Force Air Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_operations" title="List of Royal Air Force operations">Operations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">reserve forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve">RAF Volunteer Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force">List of RAF aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft" title="List of active United Kingdom military aircraft">current</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Future of the Royal Air Force">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles_of_the_RAF" title="List of missiles of the RAF">List of RAF missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="List of equipment of the RAF Regiment">List of equipment of the RAF Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_officer_ranks" title="RAF officer ranks">Officer ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_other_ranks" title="RAF other ranks">Other ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of Royal Air Force personnel">List of notable personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_senior_officers_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force">List of serving senior officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personnel_numbers_in_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Personnel numbers in the Royal Air Force">Personnel numbers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">appointments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Air_Staff" title="Assistant Chief of the Air Staff">Assistant Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Personnel" title="Air Member for Personnel">Air Member for Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Secretary" title="Air Secretary">Air Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Materiel" title="Air Member for Materiel">Air Member for Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant-General_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment">Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force">Warrant Officer of the RAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">symbols and uniform</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Ensign" title="Royal Air Force Ensign">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badge_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Badge of the Royal Air Force">Badge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_roundels" title="Royal Air Force roundels">Roundels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the Royal Air Force">Uniform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_badges_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force">Heraldic badges</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">associated civil<br />organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Cadet_Force" title="Combined Cadet Force">Combined Cadet Force (RAF section)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Forces_Association" title="Royal Air Forces Association">RAF Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Centre_of_Aviation_Medicine" title="RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine">RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Benevolent_Fund" title="RAF Benevolent Fund">RAF Benevolent Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Football_Association" title="Royal Air Force Football Association">RAF Football Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Museum" title="Royal Air Force Museum">RAF Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" 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<i>Heron</i>)</a> (1940–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former UK</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport#1940–1960" title="Glasgow Airport">Abbotsinch</a> (1943–1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Angle" title="RAF Angle">Angle (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>)</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthorn_Radio_Station#RNAS_Anthorn" title="Anthorn Radio Station">Anthorn (HMS <i>Nuthatch</i>)</a> (1944–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM_Condor" title="RM Condor">Arbroath (HMS <i>Condor</i>)</a> (1940–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Heathfield" title="RAF Heathfield">Ayr (HMS <i>Wagtail</i>)</a> (1944–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ballyhalbert" title="RAF Ballyhalbert">Ballyhalbert (HMS <i>Corncrake</i>)</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Ballykelly_(HMS_Sealion)" title="RNAS Ballykelly (HMS Sealion)">Ballykelly (HMS <i>Sealion</i>)</a> (1945–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bramcote" title="RAF Bramcote">Bramcote</a> (1946–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Brawdy" title="RAF Brawdy">Brawdy (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>)</a> (1946–1971)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bungay (HMS <i>Europa III</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Burscough_(HMS_Ringtail)" title="RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail)">Burscough (HMS <i>Ringtail</i>)</a> (1943–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds#Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Bush Barn</a> (1944)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Machrihanish_(HMS_Landrail)" title="RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)">Campbeltown (HMS <i>Landrail II</i>)</a> (1940–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Charlton_Horethorne_(HMS_Heron_II)" title="RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS Heron II)">Charlton Horethorne (HMS <i>Heron II</i>)</a> (1943–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_stations_of_the_Royal_Navy#Former_naval_air_stations" title="List of air stations of the Royal Navy">Cowdray Park</a> (1941–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Crail_(HMS_Jackdaw)" title="RNAS Crail (HMS Jackdaw)">Crail (HMS <i>Jackdaw</i>)</a> (1940–1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Culham_(HMS_Hornbill)" title="RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill)">Culham (HMS <i>Hornbill</i>)</a> (1944–1953)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">D</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Dale_(HMS_Goldcrest)" title="RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest)">Dale (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>)</a> (1943–1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Donibristle_(HMS_Merlin)" title="RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin)">Donibristle (HMS <i>Merlin</i>)</a> (1939–1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Dounreay" title="RAF Dounreay">Dounreay (HMS <i>Tern II</i>)</a> (1944–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Drem" title="RAF Drem">Drem (HMS <i>Nighthawk</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_stations_of_the_Royal_Navy#Former_naval_air_stations" title="List of air stations of the Royal Navy">Dundee (HMS <i>Condor II</i>)</a> (1941–1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Dunino_(HMS_Jackdaw_II)" title="RNAS Dunino (HMS Jackdaw II)">Dunino (HMS <i>Jackdaw II</i>)</a> (1942–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">E</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_East_Haven_(HMS_Peewit)" title="RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit)">East Haven (HMS <i>Peewit</i>)</a> (1943–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Eastleigh_(HMS_Raven)" title="RNAS Eastleigh (HMS Raven)">Eastleigh (HMS <i>Raven</i>)</a> (1939–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Eglinton_(HMS_Gannet)" title="RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet)">Eglinton (HMS <i>Gannet</i> & HMS <i>Sea Eagle</i>)</a> (1943–1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Fieldfare" title="HMS Fieldfare">Evanton</a> (1944–1948)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">F–G</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Fearn_(HMS_Owl)" title="RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)">Fearn (HMS <i>Owl</i>)</a> (1942–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Ford#Air_Force_and_Navy_use" title="HM Prison Ford">Ford (HMS <i>Peregrine</i>)</a> (1939–1940, 1945–1948, 1950–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sultan_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Sultan (shore establishment)">Gosport (HMS <i>Siskin</i>)</a> (1945–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkwall_Airport#Royal_Navy" title="Kirkwall Airport">Grimsetter (HMS <i>Robin</i>)</a> (1943–1945)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">H</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haldon_Aerodrome" title="Haldon Aerodrome">Haldon (HMS <i>Heron II</i>)</a> (1941–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">Halesworth (HMS <i>Sparrowhawk</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hatston_(HMS_Sparrowhawk)" title="RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk)">Hatston (HMS <i>Sparrowhawk</i>)</a> (1939–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Henstridge" title="RNAS Henstridge">Henstridge (HMS <i>Dipper</i>)</a> (1943–1946, 1959–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hinstock_(HMS_Godwit)" title="RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit)">Hinstock (HMS <i>Godwit</i>)</a> (1942–1947)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">I–K</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Inskip_(HMS_Nightjar)" title="RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar)">Inskip (HMS <i>Nightjar</i>)</a> (1943–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kirkistown" title="RAF Kirkistown">Kirkistown (HMS <i>Corncrake II</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">L</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Lawrenny_Ferry_(HMS_Daedalus_II)" title="RNAS Lawrenny Ferry (HMS Daedalus II)">Lawrenny Ferry (HMS <i>Daedalus II</i>)</a> (1942–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)" title="RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)">Lee-on-Solent (HMS <i>Daedalus</i> & HMS <i>Ariel</i>)</a> (1939–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Limavady" title="RAF Limavady">Limavady</a> (1945–19??)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">Lossiemouth (HMS <i>Fulmar</i>)</a> (1945–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ludham" title="RAF Ludham">Ludham (HMS <i>Flycatcher</i>)</a> (1944–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lympne" title="RAF Lympne">Lympne (HMS <i>Buzzard</i> & HMS <i>Daedalus II</i>)</a> (1939–1940)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">M</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Machrihanish_(HMS_Landrail)" title="RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)">Machrihanish (HMS <i>Landrail</i>)</a> (1941–1946, 1951–1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Macmerry" title="RAF Macmerry">Macmerry</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Maydown_(HMS_Shrike)" title="RNAS Maydown (HMS Shrike)">Maydown (HMS <i>Shrike</i> & HMS <i>Gannet II</i>)</a> (1943–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="AAC Middle Wallop">Middle Wallop (HMS <i>Flycatcher</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Milltown" title="RAF Milltown">Milltown (HMS <i>Fulmar II</i>)</a> (1946–1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">N–P</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Nutts_Corner" title="RAF Nutts Corner">Nutts Corner (HMS <i>Pintail</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Peplow" title="RAF Peplow">Peplow (HMS <i>Godwit II</i>)</a> (1945–1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Portland_(HMS_Osprey)" title="RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)">Portland (HMS <i>Osprey</i>)</a> (1959–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gannet_(stone_frigate)" title="HMS Gannet (stone frigate)">Prestwick (HMS <i>Gannet</i>)</a> (1971–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">R</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Rattray" title="RNAS Rattray">Crimond/Rattray/Rattray Head (HMS <i>Merganser</i>)</a> (1944–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Roborough" title="RAF Roborough">Roborough (HMS <i>Drake II</i>)</a> (19??–19??)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man_Airport#HMS_Urley" title="Isle of Man Airport">Ronaldsway (HMS <i>Urley</i>)</a> (1944–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">S</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Daedalus_II" title="HMS Daedalus II">Sandbanks (HMS <i>Daedalus II</i>)</a> (1940–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Davids" title="RAF St Davids">St Davids</a> (1947–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_St_Merryn_(HMS_Vulture)" title="RNAS St Merryn (HMS Vulture)">St Merryn (HMS <i>Vulture</i> & HMS <i>Curlew</i>)</a> (1940–1952, 1952–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Skeabrae" title="RAF Skeabrae">Skaebrae (HMS <i>Tern II</i>)</a> (19??–19??)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Stretton_(HMS_Blackcap)" title="RNAS Stretton (HMS Blackcap)">Stretton (HMS <i>Blackcap</i>)</a> (1942–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sydenham" title="RAF Sydenham">Sydenham</a> (1943–1973)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">T–Z</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Toome" title="RAF Toome">Toome</a> (1947–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vulture_II_(Treligga_Aerodrome)" title="HMS Vulture II (Treligga Aerodrome)">Treligga (HMS <i>Vulture II</i>)</a> (1939–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Twatt_(HMS_Tern)" title="RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern)">Twatt (HMS <i>Tern</i>)</a> (1941–1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds#Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Weston Park (HMS <i>Godwit II</i>)</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodvale" title="RAF Woodvale">Woodvale (HMS <i>Ringtail II</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Worthy_Down" title="RAF Worthy Down">Worthy Down (HMS <i>Kestrel</i> & HMS <i>Ariel II</i>)</a> (1939–1950, 1952–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Zeals" title="RAF Zeals">Zeals (HMS <i>Hummingbird</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Bermuda" title="Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="20px&#124;USAAF_8th_Air_Force_patch_USAAF_Eighth_Air_Force_in_World_War_II" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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Aldermaston">Aldermaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andrews_Field" title="RAF Andrews Field">Andrews Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Atcham" title="RAF Atcham">Atcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Attlebridge" title="RAF Attlebridge">Attlebridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">Bassingbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bodney" title="RAF Bodney">Bodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bottisham" title="RAF Bottisham">Bottisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bovingdon" title="RAF Bovingdon">Bovingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boxted" title="RAF Boxted">Boxted</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bungay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Burtonwood" title="RAF Burtonwood">Burtonwood Depot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bury_St_Edmunds" title="RAF Bury St Edmunds">Bury St. Edmunds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bushey_Hall" title="RAF Bushey Hall">Bushey Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalgrove_Airfield" title="Chalgrove Airfield">Chalgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cheddington" title="RAF Cheddington">Cheddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">Chelveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chipping_Ongar" title="RAF Chipping Ongar">Chipping Ongar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Daws_Hill" title="RAF Daws Hill">Daws Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Debach" title="RAF Debach">Debach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Debden" title="RAF Debden">Debden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Deenethorpe" title="RAF Deenethorpe">Deenethorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Deopham_Green" title="RAF Deopham Green">Deopham Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duxford_Aerodrome" title="Duxford Aerodrome">Duxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earls_Colne_Airfield" title="Earls Colne Airfield">Earls Colne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_East_Wretham" title="RAF East Wretham">East Wretham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Eye" title="RAF Eye">Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fersfield" title="RAF Fersfield">Fersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fowlmere" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fowlmere">Fowlmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Framlingham" title="RAF Framlingham">Framlingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Glatton" title="RAF Glatton">Glatton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Goxhill" title="RAF Goxhill">Goxhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Grafton_Underwood" title="RAF Grafton Underwood">Grafton Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Ashfield" title="RAF Great Ashfield">Great Ashfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">Halesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">Hardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrington" title="RAF Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hethel" title="RAF Hethel">Hethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">Honington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Horham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Horham">Horham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Horsham_St_Faith" title="RAF Horsham St Faith">Horsham St. Faith</a></li> <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 Metfield">Metfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">Molesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mount_Farm" title="RAF Mount Farm">Mount Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">North Pickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Nuthampstead" title="RAF Nuthampstead">Nuthampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Old_Buckenham" title="RAF Old Buckenham">Old Buckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Podington" title="RAF Podington">Podington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">Polebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rackheath" title="RAF Rackheath">Rackheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rattlesden" title="RAF Rattlesden">Rattlesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">Raydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ridgewell" title="RAF Ridgewell">Ridgewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Seething" 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> 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title="486th Air Expeditionary Wing">486th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/487th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="487th Air Expeditionary Wing">487th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/490th_Bombardment_Group" title="490th Bombardment Group">490th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/492nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="492nd Bombardment Group">492nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/493rd_Bombardment_Group" title="493rd Bombardment Group">493rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Bombardment_Group_(Provisional)" class="mw-redirect" title="801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)">801st (Provisional)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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